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L'ultima goccia di dolcezza esprimi, anima stanca e muori. Oh, nella mia, di fresco nata, tu degnassi pia- mente passare! Un dono tu mi stimi ben grande! Che se a me tu lo facessi, come una nuvoletta i rai del sole, t'accoglierei nel mio seno. Non vuole questo il destino; ed io, se pur potessi, non lo farei. Perché cosi m'affliggi? Perché t'amo. Di amarmi dci, e il dono di te non mi faresti. Chiedi un dono che sarebbe un castigo. Oh, me lo infliggi! Anima fanciulletta, anima cara, ecco prendi di me quel che tu puoi. Io prendo tutto: la dolcezza, e poi, che piú mi piace, la tua essenza amara.
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Text Authorship:
- by Umberto Poli (1883 - 1957), as Umberto Saba [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 John Plant , "Seconda fuga (a 2 voci)", first performed 2009 [ voice and piano ], from Babel is a blessing, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Plant) , "Second fugue (in two parts)", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Jocelyne Fleury) , "Deuxième fugue (à 2 voix)", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 112
Express the last drop of sweetness, tired soul, and die. Oh, if only you would be so kind as to pass into my newborn soul! You seem to think I am a great gift! Yes, if you would make me this gift, I would take you to my bosom like a cloud welcomes the rays of the sun. Destiny does not will this; and even if I could do it, I would not. Why do you torture me like this? Because I love you. You say you love me, and yet you will not make me the gift of yourself. The gift you ask would be a punishment. O, inflict it on me! Childlike soul, dear soul, here, take of me what you can. I take everything: the sweetness, and what I like the best: your bitter essence.
Text Authorship:
- by John Plant , "Second fugue (in two parts)", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Umberto Poli (1883 - 1957), as Umberto Saba
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 138