by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Tacciono i boschi e i fiumi,
E 'l mar senza onda giace,
Ne le spelonche i venti han tregua e pace,
E ne la notte bruna
Alto silenzio fa la bianca luna:
E noi teniamo ascose
Le dolcezze amorose:
Amor non parli o spiri,
Sien muti i baci e muti i miei sospiri.

Composition:

    Set to music by Nicholas Maw (1935 - 2009), "Tacciono i boschi" [ soprano, string quartet, woodwind quintet and harp ], from La vita nuova, no. 3

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 53