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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

La najade
 (Sung text for setting by O. Respighi)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pullula ne l’opaco bosco e lene
tremula e si dilata in suoi leggeri
cerchi l’acqua; ed or vela i suoi misteri,
ora per tutte le sue chiare vene
ha un brivido scoprendo all’imo arene
nuziali ove ancor restano intieri
i vestigi dei corpi che in piaceri
d’amor commisti riguardò Selene.
 
Morta è Selene; morte son le Argire;
i talami, deserti; nel sovrano
silenzio de la notte l’acqua tace;
ma pur sembrami a quando a quando udire
il gorgoglio di un’urna che una mano
invisibile affonda in quella pace.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "La najade", P. 125 no. 2, published 1920, from Quattro liriche, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938), "La naiade"

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The naiad", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 88

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