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by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945)

Mistica
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ella amava le gotiche navate
Dei templi solitari;
I ceri agonizzanti sugli altari,
Il biascicar dei mistici Rosari.

Ella pregava sempre, pei dolori
Che ancor non conoscea:
Come un giglio era bella e nol sapea ;
Non di carne, ma d'etere parea.

Una sera, nell'ombra d'un ' arcata,
Uno sguardo l'avvolse.
Ella chinò la testa e non si volse,
Ma nelle fibre un tremito la colse.

Un' altra sera ancor, nel tempio vuoto,
Ella incontrò quel viso.
Prometteva l'inferno e il paradiso...
Il cor le battè rapido, conquiso.

Ed una voce su la bocca: Io t'amo,
Le disse, ed ella pianse...
Un angelo dallìalto la compianse;
Sull'altare una lampada s'infranse.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945) [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 Pier Adolfo Tirindelli (1858 - 1937), "Mistica", subtitle: "Romanza", published 1899 [voice and piano, violin, violoncello, harmonium], Ricordi ; note: the violin, violoncello, and harmonium parts are optional [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Mario Giuseppe Genesi) , title 1: "Mystic", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 109

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