Guarda come dinanzi a te scintilla
la vita nella gloria trionfale, perchè
così dolente hai la pupilla?
Perchè l'ombra passò sulla tua testa
bionda, perchè nell'empito del male
hai chinata la fronte alla tempesta?
Sei così bianca come non ti vidi
mai: vieni: sul mio petto dolcemente
posa la fascia; perchè non sorridi?
Guarda: laggiù ci attende la casetta
come un nido di rare incantagioni,
esulta al ritmo delle mie canzoni,
e sogna sotto i miei baci, o diletta.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henrique José Pedro Maria Carlos Luis Oswald (1852 - 1931), "Guarda come dinanzi a te scintilla", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Ofélia, no. 1, Florence: Genesio Venturini [sung text checked 1 time]
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