Apri gli occhi, Tancredi, a queste...

Apri gli occhi, Tancredi, a queste estreme
[Esequie, grida]1, ch'io ti fo col pianto;
Riguarda me, che vo' venirne insieme
La lunga strada, e vo' morirti accanto.
Riguarda me; non ten fuggir sì presto:
L'ultimo [don]2, ch'io ti dimando, è questo.

Translation(s): GER

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• by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595), "Canzonetta", appears in La Gerusalemme liberata, Canto XIX, Stanza 110 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Canzonetta : Apri gli occhi, Tancredi", op. 16 (Lieder) no. 1 (1837). [voice and piano], also set in German (Deutsch) [
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Christoph Grünbaum (1785 - 1870) , title unknown by Friedrich Curschmann.
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