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Luna fedel tu chiama col raggio ed io col suon, la fulgida mia dama sul gotico veron. E se potrò vederla o luna, astro fatal, Ti chiamerò la perla dell'etra sideral. Dirò che sei d'argento, d'opale, d'ambra e d'or, dirò che incanti il vento e che innamori i fior. Dirò ch'abbelli il verso del biondo menestrel, che sei lo specchio terso degli angeli nel ciel. Ma se veder mi niega, o luna, astro fatal, dirò che sei la strega dell'ombra funeral; Piomba, dirò nell'alvo frenetico del mar, teschio beffardo e calvo, maschera da giullar! Scudo tarlato e lercio, fantasima del sol, spettro paffuto e guercio dal faticoso vol.
L. Denza sets stanzas 1-4
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924), "Ballatella", op. 30 no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Album Vocale, no. 4, M. V. Vicentini [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), "Luna fedel", stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-25
Line count: 28
Word count: 108
Faithful moon, you call With the ray and I with the sound My shining woman On the Gothic balcony. And if I could see her, Oh moon, fatal star, I will call you the pearl Of the starry sky. I will say that you are of silver, Of opal, of amber and of gold, I will say that you charm the wind And that you enchant the flowers. I will say that you adorn the verse Of the blond minstrel That you are the clear mirror Of the angels in heaven. [... ... ... ...] [... ... ... ...] [... ... ... ...]
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Translations of titles:
"Luna fedel" = "Faithful moon"
"Ballatella" = "Ballatella"
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2019 by Garrett Medlock, (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 Arrigo Enrico Boito (1842 - 1918)
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-14
Line count: 28
Word count: 91