Il bacio d’addio | Laura, non puoi più trattenere con il pianto

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by William Smyth (1765 - 1849)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

The parting kiss

Language: English

Our translations: FRE ITA

Laura, thy sighs must now no more
My falt'ring step detain,
Nor dare I hang thy sorrows o'er,
Nor clasp thee thus in vain:
Yet while thy bosom heaves that sigh,
While tears thy cheek bedew,
Ah! Think tho' doom'd from thee to fly,
My heart speaks no adieu.

Thee would I bid to check those sighs,
If thine were heard alone ...
Thee would I bid to dry those eyes,
But tears are in my own.
One last, long kiss ... and then we part,
Another and adieu!
I cannot aid thy breaking heart,
For mine is breaking too.

Text Authorship:

by William Smyth (1765 - 1849) [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "The parting kiss", WoO. 155 (26 Walisische Lieder) no. 25, G. 226 no. 25, published 1810/2 [ voice, piano, violin, violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Isabelle Cecchini) , "Le Baiser d'adieu", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Pertz) , "Der Scheidekuß"
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il bacio d’addio", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2006-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 98

Il bacio d’addio

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Laura, non puoi più trattenere con il pianto
il passo mio che esita a lasciarti,
Nè io, pur comprendendo il tuo tormento,
continuerò invano ad abbracciarti.
Eppure mentre continui a sospirare,
mentre le lacrime bagnano il tuo viso,
pensa che anche se condannato a partire,
la lontananza non ci avrà diviso.

Ti chiederei di frenare i tuoi sospiri
se a sospirare fossi tu soltanto.
Ti chiederei di asciugare le tue lacrime,
se non condividessi anche io il tuo pianto.
E ora dammi il bacio dell’addio,
…e un altro ancora mentre sto partendo!
Non posso consolare il cuore mio,
che insieme con il tuo si sta spezzando.

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Based on:

a text in English by William Smyth (1765 - 1849)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 106