by Ippolito Pindemonte (1753 - 1828)
Malinconia, Ninfa gentile Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Malinconia, Ninfa gentile, la vita mia consacro a te; i tuoi piaceri chi tiene a vile, ai piacer veri nato non è. Fonti e colline chiesi agli Dei; m'udiro alfine, pago io vivrò, né mai quel fonte co' desir miei, né mai quel monte trapasserò.
Note: in one of many repetitions within Hensel's song, the final two lines become:
Né mai quel monte co' miei pensieri, né mai quel fonte trapasserò
Composition:
- Set to music by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), "Malinconia, Ninfa gentile", from Sei Ariette, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Ippolito Pindemonte (1753 - 1828)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Víctor Sampietro Crespo) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45