Parfois entendre | Parfois entendre nommer le lieu

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by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

L'udir talvolta

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

L'udir talvolta nominare il loco
Dove dimori, o talvolta vedere
Chi di là venga, mi riaccende il fuoco
Nel cor mancato per troppo dolere.
E par ch'io senta alcun nascoso gioco
Nell'anima legata dal piacere,
E meco dico: quindi venissi io
Onde quel viene, o dolce mio disio!...

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) [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 Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "L'udir talvolta", P 71 no. 1 (1906), from Cinque Canti All'antica, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "To hear occasionally", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Parfois entendre", 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: 8
Word count: 48

Parfois entendre

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Parfois entendre nommer le lieu
Où tu demeures, ou parfois voir
Quelqu'un qui vient de là, cela rallume le feu
Dans mon cœur las de trop souffrir.
Et il me semble ne sentir aucun jeu secret
Dans mon âme liée au plaisir,
Et je me dis : alors je suis venu
Ici pour qu'il arrive, mon doux désir !

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-11-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 58