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Io ti seguii come iride di pace Lungo le vie del cielo: Io ti seguii come un'amica face De la notte nel velo. E ti sentii ne la luce, ne l'aria, Nel profumo dei fiori; E fu piena la stanza solitaria Di te, dei tuoi splendori. In te rapito, al suon de la tua voce, Lungamente sognai; E de la terra ogni affanno, ogni croce, In quel [sogno]1 scordai. Torna, caro ideal, torna un istante A sorridermi ancora, E a me risplenderà, nel tuo sembiante, Una novella aurora.
1 Tosti: "giorno" (verified by G. Miscia at the Istituto Nazionale Tostiano in Ortona, Italy, as being in the original score; with thanks to John Byrne for inquiring)
Text Authorship:
- by Carmelo Errico (1848 - 1892) [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):
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Ideale", published 1882 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Ideal", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Harrison Millard)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Idéal", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ideal", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "Ideal", copyright © 2011, (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.
Line count: 16
Word count: 89
Ich folgte dir, dem stillen Regenbogen gleich, entlang der Bahnen hoch am Himmelsrund. Ich folgte dir gleich einem guten Stern durch die verhüllte Nacht. Ich spürte dich in Licht und Luft, im Blütenduft; und die verlassne Kammer war erfüllt von dir und deinem Glanz. Betört von dir, träumte ich lang von deiner Stimme Klang, vergaß dabei all Schmerz und allen ird'schen Jammer. Kehr wieder, liebes Bild, kehr wieder einen Augenblick und schenk dein Lächeln mir erneut, auf dass aus deinem Antlitz strahlt ein neues Morgenrot.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2017 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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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carmelo Errico (1848 - 1892)
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 85