Rosa | A poor rose is shut up

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by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

Rosa

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Una povera rosa è rinserrata 
Nel tuo piccolo libro di preghiera: 
Una povera rosa di brughiera 
Che la lunga stagione ha disseccata. 

Chi te l'ha dato quel mesto fiore? 
Qual ti rammenta sogno gentil? 
"Ahi," tu rispondi, "Fugge l'amore! 
Fuggon le splendide sere d'april!" 

Or muta la contempli, e, d'improvviso, 
Ti si vela di pianto la pupilla: 
Or, la baci, tremando, e disfavilla 
Su la tua fronte, un vivido sorriso!

Text Authorship:

by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914) [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 Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945), "Rosa", 1890, published 1891 [voice and piano], from [Fünf] Lieder und Romanzen für Sopran (oder Tenor) -- für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Weinberger, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Rosa" [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Isidor Fuchs ENG ; composed by Pietro Mascagni.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Rosa", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

Rosa

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

A poor rose is shut up
in your little prayer book,
a poor heath rose
that long passing time has dried up.

"Who gave you that sad flower?
What pleasant dream does it remind you of?"
"Ah," you answer, "Love passes quickly!
The splendid evenings of April pass quickly!"

Now you think about it, and suddenly
a tear veils your eye.
Then you kiss it, trembling, and there is shining
on your face a vivid smile!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Rocco Emanuele Pagliara (1856 - 1914)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 76