La perla
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Sono del mare bianca la figlia, son di conchiglia pegno d'amor. Nella nativa carcere oscura vivo sicura senza dolor. Madre amorosa mi chiude in seno, fronte sì piena di voluttà. Aura non beo, luce non veggo, eppur non chieggo più libertà. Ahi! se per forza dal fondo mio tolta son io, tratta [lassù]1, a lume giungo, l'aer respiro, ma già sospiro per schiavitù! In vil mercato passo venduta e rivenduta col nuovo sol, chi non si cura di mia bellezza, chi l'accarezza, chi sua la vuol. Finché per ultimo forse in un serto di spin conserta io brillerò, e come lagrima pendula al ciglio, il duol d'esiglio accuserò.
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1 Liszt : "la sù" (two scores checked)
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1 Liszt : "la sù" (two scores checked)
Authorship:
- by Prinzessin Therese von Hohenlohe  [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 Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "La perla", S. 326 (1876) [voice and piano], also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Theobald Rehbaum (1835 - 1918) ENG ENG FRE ; composed by Franz Liszt.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The pearl", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La perle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-01
Line count: 30
Word count: 108