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by Giovanni Ruffini (1807 - 1881)

Com'è gentil ~ la notte a mezzo april!
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Com'è gentil ~ la notte a mezzo april!    
È azzurro il ciel, ~ la luna è senza vel:
tutto è languor, ~ pace, mistero, amor.
Ben mio, perché ~ ancor non vieni a me?
Formano l'aure d'amore accenti,
del rio nel murmure sospiri senti;
il tuo fedel si strugge di desir;
Nina crudel, mi vuoi veder morir!
Poi quando sarò morto, piangerai,
ma ritornarmi in vita non potrai.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Ruffini (1807 - 1881) [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Com'è gentil ~ la notte a mezzo april!", 1843, first performed 1843. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-31
Line count: 10
Word count: 68

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