by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Finita è la notte
E la luna si scioglie lenta nel sereno,
Tramonta nei canali.
È così vivo settembre
In questa terra di pianura,
I prati sono verdi
Come nelle valli del Sud a primavera.

Ho lasciato i compagni,
Ho nascosto il cuore dentro le vecchie mura
Per restare solo a ricordarti.
Come sei più lontana della luna,
Ora che sale il giorno
E sulle pietre batte
Il piede dei cavalli!

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Composition:

    Set to music by Bernard Rands (b. 1934), "Finita è la notte", published 1980, first performed 1981 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Canti lunatici, no. 15, London : Universal Edition

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