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by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945)

Pieta'!
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Io t'invoco, O Signore
Che nel buio mi guardi.
Batte da lunge l' ore
La bronzea squilla.  E' tardi.
Spiega la notte l'ale
Io prego inginocchiata,
Convulsa, al capezzale
Di mia madre malata.
Pietà!

Sul terreo viso immoto
Cala come un sudario.
Dio dell'ombra e del vuoto,
Che salisti il calvario,
Che portasti la croce,
Che cingesti le spine,
Ascolta la mia voce
Allontana la fine,
Pietà!

Pietà di lei che soffre,
Pietà di lei che muore,
Che vuoi da me? ...  M' avvinghia,
O implacabil Dolore ;
Copri di strazi e d' onte
I miei tristi vent'anni
Scavami sulla fronte
Le rughe degli affanni.

Fa che d'amor, di gioie,
Fa che di tutto priva
Io sia, tranne di lagrime...
Ma che mia madre viva.
Pietà!

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 Alessandro Bustini (1876 - 1970), "Pieta'!" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 31
Word count: 124

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