by
Riccardo Mazzola (1892 - 1922)
Tristezza
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Guarda; lontan lontano
muore ne l'onde il sol;
stormi d'uccelli
a vol tornano al piano.
Una malinconia io sento in cuore
e pur non so perchè;
guardandoti negli occhi,
o bella mia, muto mi stringo a te.
Copre l'ombrìa d'un manto
le cose, il cielo, il mar;
io sento tremolar
ne gli occhi il pianto.
Suona l'avemaria ed é sí triste
e pur non so perchè:
devotamente preghi, o bella mia,
io prego insieme con te.
Tenera ne la sera
che s'empie di fulgor,
dai nostri amanti cuor
va la preghiera.
E la malinconia
mi fa pensare
e pur non so perchè,
che un giorno, ahimè,
dovrà la vita mia
perdere il sogno e te!
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Line count: 26
Word count: 115
Sadness
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Look, far in the distance
the sun is dying on the waves
flocks of birds are flying
back to the plain.
I feel a sadness in my heart
and yet I don't know why.
Looking into your eyes my beauty,
I silently press you close to me.
A shadow cloaks creation
the sky and the sea,
I feel tears brimming
in my eyes.
The Angelus bell rings and sounds so sad
and yet I don't know why.
You pray devoutly, my beauty
and I pray with you.
Tenderly the prayer goes out
from our loving hearts
into the splendour
of the evening.
The sadness
makes me think
and yet I don't know why,
that one day, alas,
my heart will lose
this dream and you!
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Line count: 26
Word count: 125
