by Jacopo Vittorelli (1749 - 1835)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Non t'accostare all'Urna,
Che il cener mio rinserra,
Questa pietosa terra
È sacra al mio dolor.

Odio gli affanni tuoi;
Ricuso i tuoi giacinti,
Che giovano agli estinti
Due lagrime, o due fior?

Empia! Dovevi allora
Porgermi un fil d'aita,
Quando traea la vita
Nell'ansia e nei sospir.

A che d'inutil pianto
Assordi la foresta? 
Rispetta un'Ombra mesta,
E lasciala dormir.

Note: Vittorelli reworked and reordered his Anacreontiche several times. This poem is number XXI in the first edition (1798), number XIII in the 1806 edition and number X in the 1815 and subsequent editions.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Will Crutchfield) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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