by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945)
Notte
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Sul giardino fantastico
Profumato di rosa
La carezza de l'ombra
Posa.
Pure ha un pensiero e un palpito
La quiete suprema,
L'aria come per brivido
Trema.
La luttuosa tenebra
Una storia di morte
Racconta alle cardenie
Smorte?
Forse perché una pioggia
Di soavi rugiade
[Entro socchiusi]1 petali
Cade,
Su l'ascose miserie
E su l'ebbrezze perdute,
Sui muti sogni e l'ansie
Mute.
Su le fugaci gioie
Che il disinganno infrange
La notte le sue lacrime
Piange...
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1 Respighi: "Entro i socchiusi"
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1 Respighi: "Entro i socchiusi"
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945), "Notte" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Notte", P. 97 no. 1 (1912), published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sei Liriche, seconda serie, no. 1, Éd. Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Night", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 76