Yesterday, a pious women | Yesterday, a pious women was sent

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by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Ier fu mandata una persona pia

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ier fu mandata una persona pia
Che la vestì di bianco tutta quanta;
Poi son venuti, e l'han portata via
In pompa santa.

L'ho vista proprio là nella chiesetta
Là dove m'han portato a battezzare;
Stava la bara della poveretta
Presso l'altare.

Mi venne allor sul viso uno smortore
Che somigliava al bacio della Morte,
E freddo per letargico sudore,
Caddi alle porte.

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Text Authorship:

by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886), no title [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 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Ier fu mandata", CG. 349 (1872) [ voice and piano ], from Biondina, poème musical, no. 11, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) ; composed by Charles Gounod.

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Yesterday, a pious women", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

Yesterday, a pious women

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Yesterday, a pious women was sent
Who dressed her all in white;
Then they came, and bore her away
in holy pomp.

I saw my beloved in the same church
Where I was brought to be baptized;
The poor girl’s coffin stood
At the altar.

My face blanched
As though kissed by Death,
And frenched in a cold sweat,
I collapsed by the door.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 64