No… the dreams haven’t vanished, and I yield

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by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

No... svaniti non sono i sogni, e cedo

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

No... svaniti non sono i sogni, e cedo,
e m'abbandono a le carezze loro:
chiudo li occhi pensosi e ti rivedo
come in un nimbo di faville d'oro!

Tu mi soridi amabilmente, e chiedo
de'lunghi affanni miei gentil ristoro!
A le dolci lusinghe ancora io credo
a'l ricantar de le speranze in coro.

Ecco... io tendo le mani! ecco a'l rapito pensier
già tutto esulta, e un vivo foco
di sospir, di desío corre le vene!

Ma... tu passi ne l'aere, a'l par di lene
nuvola dileguante a poco a poco,
per lontano orizzonte ... indefinito!

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by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Giuseppe Martucci (1856 - 1909), "No... svaniti non sono i sogni, e cedo", 1886?, from La canzone dei ricordi, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Giuseppe Martucci.

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Peter Rastl) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 95

No… the dreams haven’t vanished, and I...

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

No… the dreams haven’t vanished, and I yield,
and abandon myself to their carresses:
I close my eyes pensively and see you again
as in a cloud of rays of gold!

You smile at me lovingly, and I ask
for my long suffering, gentle relief!
In your sweet words, I can believe again
in this singing of our hopes in chorus.

Here… I extend my hands! here, in my rapt thoughts,
all of me exults, and a living fire
of sighing, or desire, runs through my veins!

But… you fade into the air, like a misty
cloud vanishing little by little,
into the distant horizon... undefinable!…

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 106