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by Riccardo Mazzola (1892 - 1922)

Tristezza
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Guarda; lontan lontano
muore ne l'onde il sol;
stormi d'uccelli
a vol tornano al piano.

Una malinconia io sento in cuore
e pur non so perchè;
guardandoti negli occhi,
o bella mia, muto mi stringo a te.

Copre l'ombrìa d'un manto
le cose, il cielo, il mar;
io sento tremolar
ne gli occhi il pianto.

Suona l'avemaria ed é sí triste
e pur non so perchè:
devotamente preghi, o bella mia,
io prego insieme con te.

Tenera ne la sera
che s'empie di fulgor,
dai nostri amanti cuor
va la preghiera.

E la malinconia
mi fa pensare
e pur non so perchè,
che un giorno, ahimè,
dovrà la vita mia
perdere il sogno e te!

Text Authorship:

  • by Riccardo Mazzola (1892 - 1922) [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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Tristezza", 1908 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Sadness", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 115

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