I went with her to cemetery | I went with her to cemetery

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by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

L'ho accompagnata fino al Camposanto

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

L'ho accompagnata fino al Camposanto,
Dove la terra fu per lei rimossa,
E là mi sono stemperato in pianto
Vicino alla sua fossa.

Poscia ho piantato della croce al piede
Due fiorellini d'opposto colore:
Uno era scuro, ed è per chi lo vede 
Simbol del mio dolore.

L'altro era bianco siccome la Fede,
E gliel' ho posto proprio sul core,
E gliel'ho posto; ed è per chi lo crede
Simbol del suo candore.

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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), "L'ho accompagnata", CG. 350 (1872) [ voice and piano ], from Biondina, poème musical, no. 12, 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) , "I went with her to cemetery", 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: 73

I went with her to cemetery

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I went with her to cemetery,
Where the grave had been dug for her,
And there, I dissolved in tears
Next to her tomb.

Then I planted at the foot of the cross
Two flowerets of contrasting colors:
One was dark, for one who may see it as
A symbol of my pain.

The other was as pure white as my fidelity to her,
And I placed it over her heart,
There I placed it; for one who will know it is
a symbol of her innocence.

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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: 87