La lontananza

Quando dal tuo verone,
fra l'ombre della sera,
la flebile canzone
sciorrà la capinera
ed una pura stella
nel suo gentil passaggio
la fronte tua sì bella
rischiarerà d'un raggio,
quando il ruscel d'argento
gemere udrai vicino
e sospirar il vento
e sussurare il pino,
deh! ti rammenta, o sposa,
che quello è il mio saluto.
Donami allor pietosa
di lacrime un tributo
e pensa, o Elvira mia,
che il povero cantor
per mezzo lor t'invia
sempre più fido il cor.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Dennis Gotkowski

Authorship

• by Giuseppe Torre [ 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 Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "La lontananza" [tenor and piano], from the collection Péchés de vieillesse, Vol I: Album italiano, no. 2. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Dennis Gotkowski) , title 1: "La lontananza", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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