O gentle one, remove from your mind (Manzoni, set by (Giuseppe Verdi)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Alessandro Manzoni (1785 - 1873)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Sgombra, o gentil

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Sgombra, o gentil, dall'ansia
Mente i terresti ardori;
Leva all'Eterno un candido
Pensier d'offerta, e muori:
Fuor della vita è il termine
Del lungo tuo martir.

Authorship

by Alessandro Manzoni (1785 - 1873) [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 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Sgombra, o gentil" [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "O gentle one, remove from your mind", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2005-09-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 26

O gentle one, remove from your mind

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

O gentle one, remove from your mind
the earthly passions brought about by anxiety;
Raise unto the Eternal an earnest
offering in your thoughts, and die at peace,
for far from this life is where
your long sufferings will at last have an end.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Alessandro Manzoni (1785 - 1873)

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 44