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by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885)

Lamento per la morte di Bellini
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Venne sull'ali ai zeffiri
Agl'Itali un sospiro:
Era dell'Orfeo Siculo
Ultimo e triste spiro;
Era l'addio del figlio
Che muore in stranio suol.

Commossa, Italia al nunzio
Di così ria sventura
Piange sul fato barbaro,
Che i suoi miglior le fura,
E il pianto dell'Italia
Ha l'eco in stranio suol.

Ora che al coro angelico
Ti unisti, o spirto eletto,
Spiega i concenti flebili,
Il canto dell'affetto,
E per udirti gl'angeli
Terran sospeso il vol.

Forse i concenti armonici
Che accordi in Paradiso
Verran sull'ale ai zeffiri
A confortarci al riso,
E fien l'addio del figlio
Che al ciel si mosse a vol.

Text Authorship:

  • by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885) [author's text not yet checked 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 Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Lamento per la morte di Bellini", published 1836. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 103

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