by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885)
Ad una stella
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Bell'astro della terra, Luce amorosa e bella, Come desia quest'anima Oppressa e prigioniera Le sue catene infrangere, Libera a te volar! Gl'ignoti abitatori Che mi nascondi, o stella, Cogl'angeli s'abbracciano Puri fraterni amori, Fan d'armonie cogl'angeli La spera1 tua sonar. Le colpe e i nostri affanni Vi sono a lor segreti, Inavvertiti e placidi Scorrono i giorni e gli anni, Nè mai pensier li novera, Nè li richiama in duol. Bell'astro della sera, Gemma che il cielo allieti, Come alzerà quest'anima Oppressa e prigioniera Dal suo terreno carcere Al tuo bel raggio il vol!
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1 note: some publications and online sources have modernized this word to "sfera". As of June 13 2015, we found 3 out of 4 published books indexed by Google used the spelling "spera".
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1 note: some publications and online sources have modernized this word to "sfera". As of June 13 2015, we found 3 out of 4 published books indexed by Google used the spelling "spera".
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 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Ad una stella", 1845 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Romanze, no. 3, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A una estrella", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À une étoile", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Hamann) , "An einem Stern", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Einem Stern", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "A una estrella", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 94