Doretta's glorious dream | Who could bring to light

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by Giuseppe Adami (1878 - 1946)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Potè indovinar?
Il suo mister come mai
Come mai fini

Ahimè! un giorno uno studente
In bocca la baciò
E fu quel bacio
Rivelazione:
Fu la passione!
Folle amore!
Folle ebbrezza!
Chi la sottil carezza
D'un bacio così ardente
Mai ridir potrà?

Ah! mio sogno!
Ah! mia vita!

Che importa la ricchezza
Se alfine è rifiorita
La felicità!
O sogno d'or
Poter amar così!

Text Authorship:

by Giuseppe Adami (1878 - 1946) [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 Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta", first performed 1917, from the opera [selections] La rondine, Act I, Scene 1 [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Doretta's glorious dream", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Dorettas schöner Traum", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-16
Line count: 21
Word count: 70

Doretta's glorious dream

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Who could bring to light
Doretta's glorious dream?
Why has its secret
been disclosed?

Alas! One day a student
kissed her mouth
and that kiss
was a revelation:
It was passion!
Insane love!
Sensual orgy!
The soft caress
of a kiss so ardent,
who will ever be able to express that?

Ah! My dream!
Ah! My life!

What does wealth matter
when at last flourishes
blissful happiness?
Oh golden dream
to be able to love like that!

Text Authorship:

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Adami (1878 - 1946)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-18
Line count: 21
Word count: 77