In the garden | The garden murmurs at the foot of the hill

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by Francesco Rocchi

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Nel giardino

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Mormora nel giardino a piè del colle
Una musica dolce, un'armonia
Di note gravi ne la sera pia,
Mentre l'effluvio de le pie corolle
Sommessamente in lievi onde,
In lievi onde si estolle,
Balsamando di sé tutta la via.
Muore nel cielo e palpita una stria
Ultima d'oro; e su da l'erba molle
I mille trilli tremano dal lago,
Dove l'acqua specchiante
Abbrividisce tacita al suono
Vanescente e vago di quella
Triste musica di sera...
Il giardino nel sonno illanguidisce
Voluttuoso de la primavera.

Text Authorship:

by Francesco Rocchi [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), "Nel giardino", P. 97 no. 6 (1912), published 1912 [medium voice and piano], from Sei Liriche, seconda serie, no. 6, Éd. Ricordi [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "In the garden", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 16
Word count: 84

In the garden

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

The garden murmurs at the foot of the hill
A sweet music, a harmony
Of long notes in the pious evening,
While the scent of the devout flower
Softly in gentle waves,
In mirrored waves lifts itself,
Perfuming himself his whole life.
[The sun] dies in the sky and beats
A final trail of gold; and from the grass
A thousand trills spring from the lake,
Where the reflected water
Shudders without making a sound
Evanescent and vague like that
Sad music of the evening…
The garden in sleep languishes
Voluptuously in the spring.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Rocchi
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 94