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by Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837)

L'infinito
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Sempre caro mi fu quest'ermo colle,
E questa siepe, che da tanta parte
Dell'ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude.
Ma sedendo e mirando, interminati
Spazi di là da quella, e sovrumani
Silenzi, e profondissima quiete
Io nel pensier mi fingo; ove per poco
Il cor non si spaura. - E come il vento
Odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello
Infinito silenzio a questa voce
Vo comparando: e mi sovvien l'eterno,
E le morte stagioni, e la presente
E viva, e il suon di lei. Così tra questa
Immensità s'annega il pensier mio,
E il naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837), "L'infinito" [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 Gaetano Braga (1829 - 1907), "L'infinito", published [1862] [ high voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies de Gaetano Braga, no. 6, Éd. Flaxland [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "L'infinito", op. 22 (1921) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean Guillou (b. 1930), "L'infinito", published 1974 [ bass voice and organ ], Paris, Éditions Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "L'infinito", 1965, first performed 1967 [ baritone and orchestra ], from Tre Canti di Leopardi, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Matteo Neri , "L'infinito" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Juan Bautista Plaza (1898 - 1965), "L'infinito", 1921 [ tenor or soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "L'infinito", 1993 [ mixed chorus a cappella ]
    • View the full text. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Frederick Townsend) , "The Infinite", first published 1887
  • FRE French (Français) [singable] (Michel Orcel) , "L'infini", copyright ©
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Paul Heyse) , "Das Unendliche", written 1831
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Calixto Oyuela) , "Lo infinito", written 1883


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 99

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