L'Aurora, di bianco vestita,
Già l'uscio dischiude al gran sol,
Di già con le rose sue dita
Carezza de' fiori lo stuol!
Commosso da un fremito arcano
Intorno il creato già par,
E tu non ti desti, ed invano
Mi sto qui dolente a cantar:
Metti anche tu la veste bianca
e schiudi l'uscio al tuo cantor!
Ove non sei la luce manca,
Ove tu sei nasce l'amor! etc.

Note: This song is translated into English in Gateway to Italian Art Songs, Alfred Publishing Co., edited by John Glenn Paton

Text Authorship:

• by Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919), "Mattinata" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , "Morning", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Morgenständchen", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "朝の歌（マッティナータ）", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Rose Bronstein

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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