暁は闇を光から分かつ | 暁は闇を光から分かち/ 私の快楽を私の熱望から分かつ

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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Translation © by Naoyuki Okada

L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE JPN SPA SPA

L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra,
E la mia voluttà dal mio desire.
O dolce stelle, è l'ora di morire.
Un più divino amor dal ciel vi sgombra.

Pupille ardenti, O voi senza ritorno
Stelle tristi, spegnetevi incorrotte!
Morir debbo. Veder non voglio il giorno,
Per amor del mio sogno e della notte.

Chiudimi, O Notte, nel tuo sen materno,
Mentre la terra pallida s'irrora.
Ma che dal sangue mio nasca l'aurora
E dal sogno mio breve il sole eterno!

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Text Authorship:

by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938) [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), no title, alternate title: "L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra", 1907, from Quattro canzoni d'Amaranta, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , "The dawn divides the darkness from the light", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "暁は闇を光から分かつ", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "El alba separa de la luz la sombra", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

暁は闇を光から分かつ

Language: Japanese (日本語) after the Italian (Italiano)

暁は闇を光から分かち
私の快楽を私の熱望から分かつ
おお甘美な星々よ、死ぬ時が来た
より神聖なる愛がお前たちを天穹(てんきゅう)から払いのける

燃える瞳よ、もう戻ることのない
悲しき星よ、穢れなきまま消え去れ!
私は死なねばならぬ 陽の光を見たくはない
私の夢と夜への愛のために

夜よ、青ざめた大地が朝露に濡れるあいだ
お前の母なる胸に私を包み込んでくれ
けれども私の血から夜明けが生まれ
私の儚き夢から永遠の太陽が生まれんことを!

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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 13