Ode a un usignolo | Il cuore mi fa male, e i miei sensi tormenta

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by John Keats (1795 - 1821)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Darkling I listen

(Sung text for setting by B. Moore)

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Language: English

Our translations: CHI ITA SPA

 ... 

Darkling I listen; and for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain,
While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad
In such an ecstasy!
Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain -
To thy high requiem become a sod.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 6 of the original text.

First published in Annals of the Fine Arts, July 1819 under the title "Ode to the Nightingale", signed with a cross, revised 1820.

Composition:

Ben Moore

14 Songs

Text Authorship:

by John Keats (1795 - 1821), "Ode to a Nightingale"

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CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Árpád Tóth) , "Óda egy csalogányhoz"
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ode a un usignolo", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Escucho en la oscuridad", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ode a un usignolo

(Sung text translation for setting by B. Moore)

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Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

 ... 

Sto in ascolto nel buio; io che in più di un'occasione
della Morte benigna quasi mi sono innamorato,
e dolci nomi le ho dato in ben studiate rime,
chiedendole di sperdere in aria il mio tenue fiato;
ed ora più che mai morire mi appare una ricchezza,
nel mezzo della notte, senza soffrire, venire meno,
mentre tu la tua anima effondi nel creato
in estatica ebbrezza!
Tu canteresti ancora, ma per il mio orecchio invano -
Per il tuo nobile requiem, ormai zolla diventato.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 6 of the original text.

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