When she carved on this marble | This is the valley, the stone on which

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Quando incise su quel marmo

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Questa è la valle, il sasso è questo
in cui di Gilda al nome unito
il mio nome è scolpito,
e in queste guise,
se tradirmi volea, perché l'incise?

Quando incise su quel marmo
l'infedele il nome mio,
invocando il cieco Dio,
fede eterna a me giurò.

Spergiura! e questa pietra
il mio nome addita ancora,
ma l'idea di chi t'adora,
nel tuo sen si cancellò.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), "Quando incise su quel marmo" [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "When she carved on this marble", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 13
Word count: 66

When she carved on this marble

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

This is the valley, the stone on which
Gilda’s name together
with my name is carved
but [why] in this manner,
if she would [eventually] betray me, why engrave it?

When she carved on this marble
faithless, my name,
calling on the blind God,
she swore eternal faith to me.

Perjurer! and this stone
still bears my name,
but the idea of [the] one who adores you,
[has been] erased from your bosom.

Note: the "blind God" is Cupid, God of Love.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-01
Line count: 13
Word count: 73