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Rimanete, vi prego, rimanete qui. Non vi alzate! Avete voi bisogno di luce? No. Fate che questo sogno duri ancora. Vi prego: rimanete! Ci ferirebbe forse, come un dardo, la luce. Troppo lungo è stato il giorno: oh, troppo. Ed io già penso al suo ritorno con orrore. La luce è come un dardo! Anche voi non l'amate; è vero? Gli occhi vostri, nel giorno, sono stanchi. Pare quasi che non possiate sollevare le palpebre, Su quei dolorosi occhi; E nulla, veramente, nulla è più triste De l'ombra che le ciglia immote Fanno talvolta a sommo de le gote Quando la bocca non sorride più.
F. Tosti sets lines 1-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Tosti sets lines 7-18 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "La sera", P. 125 no. 3, published 1920, from Quattro liriche, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pier Adolfo Tirindelli (1858 - 1937), "Rimanete, vi prego!" [ voice and piano ], Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Rimanete, vi prego, rimanete qui", alternate title: "Rimanete, vi prego, rimanete qui", lines 1-6, from La sera, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Ci ferirebbe forse, come un dardo, la luce", alternate title: "Ci ferirebbe forse", lines 7-18, from La sera, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (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: 18
Word count: 105
Stay, I beg you, stay here. Do not get up! Do you need light? No. Let this dream last still. I beg you: stay! Like a dagger, the light may wound us. The day has been too long: oh, much [too long]. And already I think of its return with fear. Light is like a dagger! You also do not love it, true? During the day your eyes are tired. It almost seems that you cannot lift the lids Above your sorrowful eyes; And nothing, truly, nothing is sadder Than the shadow which [your] motionless eyelashes Sometimes make [on the] summit of your cheeks When [your] mouth no longer smiles.
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Translations of title(s):
"La sera" = "The evening"
"Rimanete, vi prego!" = "Stay, I beg you!"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2020 by Garrett Medlock, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 110