Love and death | Hear from a dying man

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by Giovanni Antonio Luigi Redaelli (1785 - 1815)

Translation © by Luk Laerenbergh

Amore e morte

(Sung text for setting by G. Donizetti)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG SPA

Odi di un uom, che muore,
Odi l' estremo suon,
Questo appassito fiore
Ti lascio, Elvira, in don.

Quanto prezioso ei sia
Tu dei saperlo appien;
Nel dì che fosti mia
Te lo involai dal sen.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Gaetano Donizetti

Soirées d'automne à l'Infrascata

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Antonio Luigi Redaelli (1785 - 1815), "Ad Elvira"

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

ENG English (Luk Laerenbergh) , "Love and death", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Aminta Iriarte) , "Amor y muerte", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Luk Laerenbergh , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 80

Love and death

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Donizetti)

See original

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Hear from a dying man,
Hear his last sound;
This wilted flower
I leave you, Elvira, as a gift.

How precious it is
You should fully understand;
On the day you were mine
I stole it from your heart.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © by Luk Laerenbergh, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 82