Gentle spirit | Ye, gentle spirit

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by Eugène Scribe (1791 - 1861) and by Alphonse Royer (1803 - 1875) and by Jean-Nicolas van Nieuvenhuysen (1812 - 1862)

Translation © by Mario Giuseppe Genesi

Spirto gentil

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Spirto gentil,
ne' sogni miei
brillasti un dì,
ma ti perdei:
fuggi dal cor;
mentita speme,
larve d'amor, larve d'amor,
fuggite insieme,
larve d'amor.

A te d'accanto
del genitore scordava
il pianto,
la patria, il ciel...
donna sleal
in tanto amore
segnasti il core
d'onta mortal,
ahimè!

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Scribe (1791 - 1861) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Alphonse Royer (1803 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Jean-Nicolas van Nieuvenhuysen (1812 - 1862) [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), "Spirto gentil", first performed 1840, from the opera La Favorita [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Mario Giuseppe Genesi) , "Gentle spirit", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-03-25
Line count: 18
Word count: 47

Gentle spirit

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Ye, gentle spirit,
you once shined
in my dreams
but, after, I lost you forever:
leave my frail heart,
you false promises,
ye ghosts of love -
disappear altogether and at once,
ye ghosts of love.

In your vicinity
I used to forget
my father's afflictions,
my homeland, and heaven...
ye, unfair mistress,
giving me so much love
you weigh down on my heart
human shame,
alas!

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Eugène Scribe (1791 - 1861) and by Alphonse Royer (1803 - 1875) and by Jean-Nicolas van Nieuvenhuysen (1812 - 1862)
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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-13
Line count: 18
Word count: 66