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Quattro liriche dai "Rubaiyat" di Omar Kayam

Song Cycle by Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi (1894 - 1996)

1.
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ogni giorno, voi dite,
reca innumerevoli rose,
sí, è ver, ma dite;
dov'è la rosa di ieri?

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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  • a text in English by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 9, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 9, first published 1872
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  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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2.
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Una sol cosa è certa: che la vita fugge.
Una sola cosa è certa: tutto il resto è menzogna.
Il fior ch'è nato una volta muore per sempre.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in English by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 66, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 63, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 63, first published 1868
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  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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3.
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
V'era una porta a cui non seppi trovar la chiave,
v'era un velo traverso il quale io non potei vedere.
Un breve ragionar di te e di me 
parvemi che vi fosse e poi non altro, nè di te, nè di me!

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in English by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 35, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 32, first published 1868
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  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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4.
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Vieni, riempi il bicchier e nel foco di primavera
gitta gli invernali abbigliamenti di penitenza.
L'augello del tempo non ha che breve via 
da trascorrere a vol e guarda, guarda già nel cielo si libra.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in English by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 7, first published 1859
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  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Total word count: 123
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