Snowy night | The bell cries out, "Peace,"

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by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Notte di neve

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Pace, grida la campana,
ma lontana, ma fioca.
Là, un marmoreo cimitero sorge,
su cui l'ombra tace.
E ne sfuma al cielo nero
un chiarore ampio e fugace.
Pace, pace, pace, pace,
nella bianca oscurità.

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912), "Notte di neve", appears in Myricae, in Tristezze, no. 14 [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 Riccardo Zandonai (1883 - 1944), "Notte di neve", 1920. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Snowy night", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Enrico Magnani

This text was added to the website: 2007-10-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

Snowy night

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

The bell cries out, "Peace,"
but faintly, in the distance.
There, arises a cemetery,
made all of marble,
atop which the shades repose silently.

And from thence up into the black sky, 
the evanescent moonlight vanishes,
Peace, peace, peace, peace,
all into the white darkness.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 - 1912), "Notte di neve", appears in Myricae, in Tristezze, no. 14
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
Line count: 9
Word count: 45