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sometimes misattributed to Eva Cattermole Mancini, Contessa Lara (1849 - 1896) and by Eugenio Mancini

Se
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG JPN
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Se un tuo pietoso accento
dovrò per sempre desiare in van...
Se m'è negato imprimerti
ardente un bacio sulla bianca man...

Deh! Non fuggirmi,
deh! non fuggirmi almeno...
E de'tuoi sguardi al magico poter
sorrisi, amplessi ed estasi
mi finga inebbriato il mio pensier.

Deh! Non fuggir.... nè mai
a te non parlerò de'miei desir.
Reprimerò i miei palpiti,
T'asconderò le lagrime, i sospir.

Ma un dì  se in cor  ti leggo
quel'amor ch'ognor speme a me rapi,
Morrò quel giorno, ah! credilo,
sarà l'estremo de'miei tristi dì.

Thank you to Renato Toffoli for pointing out the correct poet.

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Eva Cattermole Mancini, Contessa Lara (1849 - 1896)
  • by Eugenio Mancini  [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 Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), "Se" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Anne Evans) , "If", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "もし", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Anne Evans

This text was added to the website: 2007-01-22
Line count: 17
Word count: 88

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