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by Luigi Orsini (1873 - 1954)

Preghiera alla Madonna
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Madonna, io ti conobbi
Quando mia madre congiunse la prima volta
Le mie mani nella preghiera;
E ti vidi nel volto di lei
Quando, raccolta sulla mia infanzia serena,
Celeva in un mite sorriso
La sua intima pena
E poi crebbi alla vita
E invidiai la lòdola che spazia e canta
E riempie del suo canto il Cielo.
Ti chiesi allora una grazia:
Sciogliere un inno che avesse volo
E tintinno per te, Maria!
La grazia non venne mai.
Passaron gli anni.
E mia madre anche passò.
Ma tu con la tua tenerezza
Rimanesti consolatrice alla mia dura fatica.
O palpito di gemme nella notte,
O chiarità dorata... la tua luce mi fu dolcezza!
Così possa io un giorno trovarti in cima
Della percorsa via tese le mani ad offerirti in dono
Fiore di puro Ciel la poesia!
E rivedera in te dolce Maria
Il volto di mia madre.
E così sia!

Text Authorship:

  • by Luigi Orsini (1873 - 1954) [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 Franco Alfano (1876 - 1954), "Preghiera alla Madonna", from Tre nuovi poemi, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 152

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