by Angelo Ambrogini (1454 - 1494), as Angelo Poliziano
L'eco
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Che fai tu, Eco, mentre io ti chiamo? Amo. Ami tu due, o pur un solo? Un solo. Ed io te solo, e non altri amo Altri amo. Dunque non ami tu un solo? Un solo. [Questo è un dirmi: I' non t'amo. I' non t'amo.]1 Quel che tu ami, amil' tu solo? Solo. Chi t'ha levato dal mio amore? Amore. Che fa quello a chi porti amore? Ah, more.
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Confirmed with Biblioteca scelta die Opere italiane antiche e moderne, vol. 159, Milano: Giovanni Silvestri, 1825, page 62. Appears in Poesie italiane, in Rime.
1 Malipiero: "Quest'è un dir io non t'amo./ Io non t'amo.Authorship:
- by Angelo Ambrogini (1454 - 1494), as Angelo Poliziano, "L'eco" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 - 1973), "L'eco" [ voice and piano ], from Tre Poesie del Poliziano, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The echo", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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