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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Diana Farrell

Bella Nice, che d'amore

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Bella Nice, che d'amore
desti il fremito e il desir,
Bella Nice, del mio core
dolce speme e sol sospir,

Ahi! verrà, né sì lontano,
forse a me quel giorno è già,
che di morte l'empia mano
il mio stame troncherà.

Quando in grembo al feral nido
peso, ahi! misero, io sarò,
deh, rammenta quanto fido
questo cor ognor t'amò.

Sul mio cenere tacente
se tu spargi allora un fior,
Bella Nice, men dolente
dell'avel mi fia l'orror.

Non ti chiedo che di pianto
venga l'urna mia a bagnar,
se sperar potess'io tanto,
vorrei subito spirar.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), "Bella Nice, che d'amore", from Sei Ariette, no. 3. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Diana Farrell) , title 1: "Beautiful Nice, who arouses", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Schöne Nike, die den Schauer", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 96

Beautiful Nice, who arouses

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Beautiful Nice, who arouses
The trembling and desire of love- ah!
Beautiful Nice, sweet hope
And sole yearning of my heart,

Alas, it will come- and perhaps
That day is already not so far away from me-
When the pitiless hand of death
Will cut short my life's thread.

When in the bosom of the ungodly final abode
Lifeless- alas, wretched- I will be,
Please, please remember how faithfully
This heart always loved you.

Upon my silent ashes
Should you then cast a flower,
Beautiful Nice, less sorrowful
Will the horror of the tomb be for me.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 97