by Giovanni Fantoni (1755 - 1807)
Alla cetra
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Eco de'miei lamenti, Cetra fedel, che tenti? Spiegare il mio dolore Non può lo stesso amore. Flebil tu cedi invano All'ingegnosa mano, Querele imiti e pianti Con le corde tremanti. Rispondi a'miei sospiri Con replicati giri; Ma quei, che rende il suono I miei sospir non sono. Fille l'amato bene Lungi è da queste arene; Spiegare il mio dolore Non puó lo stesso Amore.
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Confirmed with Poesie di Giovanni Fantoni toscano fra gli Arcadi Labindo, Pisa, 1800, page 188.
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Fantoni (1755 - 1807), "Alla cetra" [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Alla cetra", from Due Canzonette Italiane, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG ; composed by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael Berridge) , "To the lyre", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 64