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Nell'orto abbandonato ora l'edace Muschio contende all'ellere i recessi, E tra il coro snelletto dei cipressi S'addorme in grembo dell'antica pace Pan. Sul vasto marmoreo torace, Che i convolvoli infiorano d'amplessi, Un tempo forse con canti sommessi Piegò una ninfa il bel torso procace. Deità della terra, forza lieta!, Troppo pensiero è nella tua vecchiezza: Per sempre inaridita è la tua fonte. Muore il giorno, e nell'alta ombra inquïeta Trema e s'attrista un canto d'allegrezza: Lunghe ombre azzurre scendono dal monte...
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Text Authorship:
- by Antonio Rubino (1880 - 1964) [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 Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Crepuscolo", P. 107 no. 5 (1917), from Deità Silvane, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Joshua Breitzer) , "Twilight", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Crépuscule", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Abenddämmer", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 81
Im verlassenen Garten kämpft das gefräßig’ Moos mit Efeuranken selbst um jeden Winkel, und im Hain schlanker Zypressen schläft im Schoß antiken Friedens, Pan. Über die mächtige marmorne Brust, von Windenblüten reich geschmückt, beugt vielleicht einst mit leisem Singen eine Nymphe den reizenden Leib. Gottheit der Erde, freudige Macht! Zu besorgt bist du geworden, alt wie du bist: Für immer ist dein Quell versiegt. Der Tag erstirbt und durch die flackernden, tiefen Schatten weht zitternd ein fröhliches Lied, das traurig wird: Lange blaue Schatten steigen vom Hügel herab …
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Antonio Rubino (1880 - 1964)
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-24
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Word count: 89