Quando al mattino i corni urlanti in coro fanno a l’orecchio orribile armonia; e, ridestando gli umili paria, ridestan l’ansia del febril lavoro, io, stanco, lascio il duro letto e ignoro se coricarmi dato ancor mi fia: mi vesto e mangio, e per la morta via che al fumigante mena angusto foro del sepolcro de’ vivi m’incammino penoso e mesto. L’anima ferita piange il suo fiero e tragico destino. E dico: Ecco la trista alterna vita del minator; discendere al mattino e non saper se a sera avvi un’uscita!
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Composition:
- Set to music by Davide Zannoni , "Il mattino del minatore", 2002, first performed 2002 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from The Efrem Songs, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Efrem Bartoletti (1889 - 1961)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Davide Zannoni) , "The Miner’s Morning", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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