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by Ferdinando Martini (1841 - 1928)

Non mi guardare!
 (Sung text for setting by F. Tosti)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Credilo, è inutile tu mi ripeta
Che il mondo varchi vedovo e mesto;
Credilo, è inutile farmi il poeta,
Ormai la storia d'amor la so...
Un desiderio breve è cotesto,
È fior da ogni aura vana commosso...
Ma non piantarmi quegli occhi addosso,
Che tu mi guardi così, non vo'.

Oggi t'appaghi d'un mio sorriso,
D'ogni più tenue cenno cortese...
Vorrai domani baciarmi in viso,
Vorrai più tardi stringermi al cor...
E poi? Com'altri muta paese,
Sorrisi e baci mutar vorrai...
Credilo, è inutile... ma cosa ci hai
In quel tuo sguardo lusingator?

Par che ti langua nella pupilla
Quasi un ricordo d'amor perduto,
Quasi una speme d'amor vi brilla...
Ma abbassa gli occhi... voltati in là...
La mente ho salda, l'animo ho muto,
Libera ai moti del cor comando...
Ma abbassa gli occhi, mi raccomando,
Non mi guardare per carità.

Composition:

    Set to music by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Non mi guardare!", published 1876 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Ferdinando Martini (1841 - 1928)

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 141

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