I say farewell to my cave | I say farewell to my cave

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Io dico all'antro addio

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Io dico all'antro addio;
Ma quello al pianto mio
Sento che mormorando
Addio risponde.

Sospiro, e i miei sospiri
Ne' replicati giri
Zeffiro rende a me
Da quelle fronde.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1720, appears in L'Angelica [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 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Io dico all'antro addio" [ voice and piano or harp ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I say farewell to my cave", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-04
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I say farewell to my cave

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I say farewell to my cave,
but I perceive that it, murmuring,
responds to my weeping
with its own farewell.

I sigh, and Zephyrus 
proceeds to repeat these sighs,
turning them back to me via those branches
which sigh with the wind.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1720, appears in L'Angelica
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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 42