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by Bernardino Daniello (d. 1565)

Se’l viver nostro è breve oscuro giorno
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Se’l viver nostro è breve oscuro giorno
Press’a l’eterno, e pien d’affronti e mali,
E più veloci assai che venti o strali
Ne vedi ir gli anni e più non far ritorno
Alme, che fai? che non ti miri intorno,
Sepolta in cieco error tra le mortali
Noiose cure? e poit ti son date le ali
Da volar a l’eterno alto soggiorno,
Scuotile, trista ch’è ben tempo hormai
Fuor del visco mondan ch’è si tenace;
E le dispiega al ciel per dritta via :
Ivi è quel sommo ben ch’ohni huom desia;
Ivi’lverro riposo; ivi la pace
Ch’indarno tu quagiù cercando vai.

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Note: this poem is the inspiration for Joachim du Bellay's sonnet, "Si nostre vie est moins qu'une journée".


Text Authorship:

  • by Bernardino Daniello (d. 1565), 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):

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 101

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