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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Voglio un amore doloroso
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Voglio un amore doloroso, lento,
che lento sia come una lenta morte,
e senza fine (voglio che più forte
sie della morte) e senza mutamento.
Voglio che senza tregua in un tormento
occulto sien le nostre anime assorte;
e un mare sia presso a le nostre porte,
solo, che pianga in un silenzio intento.
Voglio che sia la torre alta granito,
ed alta sia così che nel sereno
sembri attingere il grande astro polare.
Voglio un letto di porpora, e trovare
in quell’ombra giacendo su quel seno,
come in fondo a un sepolcro, l’Infinito.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938) [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 Andrew Ager (b. 1962), "Voglio un amore doloroso", 2012 [voice and piano], from Italian Songs, no. 1. [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-07
Line count: 14
Word count: 94

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