by
Temistocle Solera (1815 - 1878)
L'esule
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Vedi! la bianca luna
Splende sui colli;
La notturna brezza
Scorre leggera ad increspare il vago
Grembo del queto lago.
Perché, perché sol io
Nell'ora più tranquilla e più soave
Muto e pensoso mi starò? Qui tutto
È gioia; il ciel, la terra
Di natura sorridono all'incanto.
L'esule solo è condannato al pianto.
Ed io pure fra l'aure native
Palpitava d'ignoto piacer.
Oh, del tempo felice ancor vive
La memoria nel caldo pensier.
Corsi lande, deserti, foreste,
Vidi luoghi olezzanti di fior;
M'aggirai fra le danze e le feste,
Ma compagno ebbi sempre il dolor.
Or che mi resta?... togliere alla vita
Quella forza che misero mi fa.
Deh, vieni, vieni, o morte, a chi t'invita
E l'alma ai primi gaudi tornerà.
Oh, che allor le patrie sponde
Non saranno a me vietate;
Fra quell'aure, su quell'onde
Nudo spirto volerò;
Bacerò le guance amate
Della cara genitrice
Ed il pianto all'infelice
Non veduto tergerò.
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- ENG English (Melissa Malde) , title 1: "The exile", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Paolo Montanari
This text was added to the website: 2011-02-13
Line count: 31
Word count: 154
The exile
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
Look! The white moon
shines on the hills
The night breeze
flows lightly to ruffle
the charming womb of the peaceful lake.
Why, why in this hour
so tranquil and sweet
Am I alone mute and thoughtful? Here all
is joy; The sky, the earth,
all nature smiles at the enchantment.
Only the exile is condemned to weep.
And within my native air I also
Throbbed with hidden joy.
Oh, the memory of those happy times
Lives again in my ardent thoughts.
I race through grasslands, deserts, forests,
I observe scenes fragrant with flowers;
I wander through the dances and the festivals,
But pain was always my companion.
Now, what is left for me? Take away from my life
This force that makes me suffer.
Oh come, come death, I invite you
And my soul will return to its original delight!
Oh, then my native shore
will not be barred to me!
In that air, on those waves
my bared soul will fly;
I will kiss the beloved cheek
of my dear parents
And my sad tears
will be wiped away.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-11
Line count: 31
Word count: 181