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by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885)

Il tramonto
 (Sung text for setting by G. Verdi)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE GER
Amo l' ora del giorno che muore
Quando il sole già stanco declina,
E nell'onde di queta marina
Veggo il raggio supremo languir.

In quell' ora mi torna nel core
Un' età più felice di questa,
In quell' ora dolcissima e mesta
Volgo a te, cara donna, il sospir.

L' occhio immoto ed immoto il pensiero,
Io contemplo la striscia lucente
Che mi vien dal sereno occidente
La quïete solcando del mar.

E desio di quell' aureo sentiero
Ravviarmi sull' orma infinita
Quasi debba la stanca mia vita
Ad un porto di pace guidar.

Composition:

    Set to music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Il tramonto", 1845 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Romanze, no. 1, note: there are two versions of the song - one with only the first two stanzas, also set in German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

  • by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885), no title

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sol ponent", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Will Crutchfield) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le coucher du soleil", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Abend", copyright © 2015, (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: 16
Word count: 96

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