The distance | Now that I am taken from you

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by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865)

Translation © by Camilla Bugge

La lontananza

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Or ch'io sono a te rapita,
Or che tolto a me tu sei,
Con le spine di mia vita
Gli altrui fior non cangerei.

 Se a soffrir è solo un core,
 Quel soffrir si fa dolore,
 Caro amore, caro amor!

Text Authorship:

by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865) [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "La lontananza", subtitle: "Arietta", A 195, IGD 67 no. 1, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], from Soirées d'automne à l'Infrascata, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Camilla Bugge) , "The distance", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

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Line count: 7
Word count: 40

The distance

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Now that I am taken from you,
now that you are stolen from me,
I wouldn't change the thorns of my life
for another man's flowers.

If a heart is alone in suffering,
that suffering turns into pain,
dear beloved, dearest love!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865)
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This text was added to the website: 2004-10-02
Line count: 7
Word count: 42