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Amo l' ora del giorno che muore Quando il sole già stanco declina, E nell'onde di queta marina Veggo il raggio supremo languir. In quell' ora mi torna nel core Un' età più felice di questa, In quell' ora dolcissima e mesta Volgo a te, cara donna, il sospir. L' occhio immoto ed immoto il pensiero, Io contemplo la striscia lucente Che mi vien dal sereno occidente La quïete solcando del mar. E desio di quell' aureo sentiero [Avviarmi]1 sull' orma infinita Quasi debba la [trista]2 mia vita Ad un porto di pace guidar.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Opere di Andrea Maffei. Liriche, Firenze (Florence), Felice le Monnier, 1864, page 321.
1 Verdi: "Ravviarmi"2 Verdi: "stanca"
Text Authorship:
- by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Il tramonto", 1845 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Romanze, no. 1, note: there are two versions of the song - one with only the first two stanzas, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sol ponent", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Will Crutchfield) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le coucher du soleil", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Abend", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 96
J'aime l'heure où le jour meurt, Quand le soleil déjà décline fatigué, Et dans la vague de la mer tranquille Je vois le dernier rayon se languir. À cette heure retourne dans mon cœur Une époque plus heureuse que celle-ci ; À cette heure la plus douce et si triste Je tourne vers toi, chère dame, mon soupir. L'œil fixe et la pensée fixe, Je contemple la ligne brillante Qui vient vers moi depuis le calme, calme occident, Le placide mouvement, mouvement de la mer, Et je désire de ce chemin doré Retrouver la trace infinie Comme si ma vie fatiguée devait Être guidée vers un port de paix.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885), no title
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 108