I feel my heart pierced (Anonymous, set by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Michael Berridge

Mi sento il cor traffigere

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Mi sento il cor trafiggere,
presso a morir son io,
e non conosco, o dio,
chi mi traffige il cor.
Non so dove mi volgere,
in vano i numi invoco,
e il duol a poco
degenera in furor!

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Mi sento il cor traffigere" [ sung text verified 1 time]

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ENG English (Michael Berridge) , "I feel my heart pierced", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Philip Taylor

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I feel my heart pierced

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I feel my heart pierced, 
I am near to death, 
and I do not know, oh god, 
who has pierced my heart. 
I know not which way to turn, 
in vain I call upon the heavens, 
and my pain 
will soon turn to madness!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Text added to the website: 2017-11-08 00:00:00
Last modified: 2017-11-08 23:26:23
Line count: 8
Word count: 44