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by Olindo Guerrini (1845 - 1916), as Lorenzo Stecchetti

Quando tu sarai vecchia e leggerai
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Quando tu sarai vecchia e leggerai
Questi poveri versi accanto al fuoco
Rivedrai colla mente a poco a poco,
       I giorni in che t'amai.

E ti cadrà sul petto il viso smorto,
Per la memoria del tuo tempo lieto:
A me ripenserai nel tuo secreto,
       A me che sarò morto.

E ti parrà d'udir la voce mia
Nel vento che di fuor suscita il verno,
E ti parrà d'udir come uno scherno,
       Una bieca ironia.

E la voce dirà: Te ne rammenti,
Te ne rammenti più? Com'eran belli
I tuoi capelli d'oro, i tuoi capelli
       Sul bianco sen fluenti!

Oh come il tempo t'ha mutata! Oh come
T'ha impresso in viso i suoi deformi segni!
Dove son dunque i tuoi superbi sdegni
       E le tue bionde chiome?

Sola al tuo focolar siedi piangendo
La giovanil tua morta leggiadria:
Io piango solo nella tomba mia:
       Vieni dunque: t'attendo!

Vieni e se in vita mi fallì la speme
Di viver teco i giorni miei sereni,
Ci sposeremo nella tomba. Vieni:
       Vi marciremo insieme.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Olindo Guerrini (1845 - 1916), as Lorenzo Stecchetti, no title, appears in Postuma, no. 20, first published 1877 [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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Quando tu sarai vecchia", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Pagine d'album, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-16
Line count: 28
Word count: 171

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