Ella pareva un sogno di poeta; Vestìa sempre di bianco, e avea nel viso La calma d'una sfinge d'oriente. Le cadea sino ai fianchi il crin di seta; Trillava un canto nel suo breve riso, Era di statua il bel corpo indolente. Amò--non riamata. In fondo al core, Tranquilla in fronte, custodì la ria Fiamma di quell'amor senza parole. Ma quel desìo la consumò--ne l'ore D'un crepuscol d'ottobre ella morìa, Come verbena quando manca il sole.
Confirmed with Ada Negri, Fatalità, Milano, Fratelli Treves, 1911.
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- by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945), "Storia breve", appears in Fatalità [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hedwig Jahn (b. 1845) , "Kurze Geschichte", appears in Schicksal. [Fatalitá.] Gedichte von Ada Negri ; composed by Max J. L. Gus.
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Sie schien so schön wie eines Dichters Traum, In Weiß gekleidet immer, und es lag Die Ruhe einer Sphinx in ihren Mienen. Ihr [Seidenhaar fiel]1 bis zum Kleidersaum, Ihr Lachen trillerte wie Lerchenschlag, Ein Bildwerk ihre edlen Formen schienen. Sie liebte - ohne Gegenlieb' zu finden Und barg mit heitrer Stirn die Herzenswunde, Hat schweigend ihre inn're Glut verhehlt. [Allein]2 die Sehnsucht ließ dahin sie schwinden; Sie starb [in]3 einer herbstlich trüben Stunde Wie die [Verbene]4, der die Sonne [fehlt]5.
Confirmed with Schicksal. [Fatalitá.] Gedichte von Ada Negri. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Hedwig Jahn, 2. Aufl., Berlin, 1895.
1 Gus: "seid'nes Haar ging"2 Gus: "Jedoch"
3 Gus: "an"
4 Gus: "Verbena"
5 Gus: "gefehlt"
Text Authorship:
- by Hedwig Jahn (b. 1845), "Kurze Geschichte", appears in Schicksal. [Fatalitá.] Gedichte von Ada Negri [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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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 Max J. L. Gus , "Kurze Geschichte", from Sechs Gedichte aus Ada Negris Fatalitá, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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