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by Carlo d'Ormeville (1840 - 1924)

Se avessi l'ale!
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Se avessi l'ale, tacito e solo
Vorrei seguirti sull'orizzonte
Di là dal mar;
E, sul tuo capo librato a volo,
La man, le labbra, il crin, la fronte
Vorrei baciar.

Se avessi l'ale, sul tuo verone
Ai primi raggi del sol nascente
Vorrei volar;
E con le note d'una canzone
I tuoi begli occhi, cara dormente,
Vorrei destar.

Se avessi l'ale, se avessi fede,
Lassù fra gli angeli del paradiso
Vorrei salir,
E a quell'eterea beata sede
Per te il più dolce gentil sorriso
Vorrei rapir.

Ma, se al mio corpo mancano l'ale,
L'ale non mancano al mio pensiero,
Che vola ognor;
E nella febbre dell'ideale
L'anima assorta nel suo mistero
Vive d'amor!

Text Authorship:

  • by Carlo d'Ormeville (1840 - 1924) [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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Se avessi l'ale!" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 113

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