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by William Smyth (1765 - 1849)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Farewell, farewell, thou noisy town

Language: English

Our translations: ITA

Farewell, farewell, thou noisy town,
Thou scene of restless glare;
Thine hours no real pleasures crown,
No peace, no love is there.
How dull thy splendid ev'nings close!
How sad thy joys to me!
Thy hollow smiles, thy rival shows,
And all thy misery.

But welcome to my longing eyes,
Dear objects ever new,
My rural cot, you varying skies,
Streams, woods, amd mountains blue!
With these my humble spirits finds
Health, liberty, and rest,
The silent joys of simple minds,
And leisure to be blest.

Text Authorship:

by William Smyth (1765 - 1849) [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Farewell, farewell, thou noisy town", WoO. 155 (26 Walisische Lieder) no. 8, G. 226 no. 8, published 1810/2 [ voice, piano,violin and violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Pertz)
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Addio, addio, città rumorosa", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2006-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 86

Addio, addio, città rumorosa

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Addio, addio, città rumorosa
Teatro di luci abbaglianti;
Dove la gente mai trova riposo,
E pace ed amore sono assenti.
Mi tediano le tue splendide sere!
Le tue gioie mi danno tristezza!
I vuoti sorrisi, le gare,
Miserie senza bellezza.

Oh! quanto è cara ai miei occhi
La scena sempre nuova a me intorno,
I fiumi, i miei boschi, i miei monti,
Il cielo che cambia ogni giorno.
Con essi la mia anima in ansia
Acquista salute e libertà,
La gioia di pensare in silenzio,
Il dono della tranquillità.

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Based on:

a text in English by William Smyth (1765 - 1849)
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This text was added to the website: 2006-03-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 89