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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

O falce di luna calante

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

O falce di luna calante
che brilli su l'acque deserte,
o falce d'argento, qual mèsse di sogni
ondeggia a 'l tuo mite chiarore qua giù!

Aneliti brevi di foglie
di fiori di flutti da 'l bosco
esalano a 'l mare: non canto, non grido,
non suono pe 'l vasto silenzio va.

Oppresso d'amor, di piacere,
il popol de' vivi s'addorme.
O falce calante, qual mèsse di sogni
ondeggia a 'l tuo mite chiarore qua giù!

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Text Authorship:

by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938) [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by Piero Coppola (1888 - 1971), "O falce di luna calante", 1909 [ women's chorus and orchestra ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "O falce di luna calante", op. 121c no. 2 (2009) [ baritone and piano ], from An Italian Songbook: 10 songs with texts by Carducci, Pascoli and d'Annunzio, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "O falce di luna calante", P. 90 no. 1 (1909), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Sei liriche, prima serie, no. 1, Milan, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), no title, from Due piccoli notturni, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anne Evans) , "O crescent of a waning moon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "O Sichel abnehmenden Mondes", copyright © 2015, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

O Sichel abnehmenden Mondes

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

O Sichel abnehmenden Mondes,
auf einsamen Wassern glänzend,
o silberne Sichel, welch’ Ernte an Träumen
hier unten in deinem milden Scheine wogt!

Nur kurze Atemstöße, die der Blätter,
Blüten und des wogenden Waldes,
strömen aufs Meer hinaus: kein Singen, Rufen,
ja, kein Ton geht durch die weite Stille.

Von Liebe und von Lust bezwungen
schläft alles ein, was lebt.
O Sichel abnehmenden Mondes, welch’ Ernte an Träumen
hier unten in deinem milden Schein sich wiegt!

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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 75