In a lonely room (Vittorelli, set by (Giuseppe Verdi)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Jacopo Vittorelli (1749 - 1835)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

In solitaria stanza

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG ENG FRE GER

In solitaria stanza
Langue per doglia atroce:
Il labbro è senza voce,
Senza respiro il sen.

Come in deserta aiuola,
Che di rugiade è priva,
Sotto alla vampa estiva
Molle narcisso svien.

Io, dall'affanno oppresso,
Corro per vie rimote,
E grido in suon che puote
Le rupi intenerir:

Salvate, o Dei pietosi,
Quella beltà celeste:
Voi forse non sapreste
Un'altra Irene ordir.

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by Jacopo Vittorelli (1749 - 1835), no title, appears in Anacreontiche, in Ad Irene, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "In solitaria stanza", 1838, from 6 Romanze, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Brian Pettey) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans une pièce solitaire", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "In einer einsamen Kammer", copyright © 2015, (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: 16
Word count: 62

In a lonely room

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

In a lonely room
She languishes in horrible pain;
Her lips without voice, 
Her breast without breath.

As, in a deserted flowerbed 
That is deprived of dew,
In the heat of summer 
A tender narcissus withers.

I, oppressed with grief, 
Race down remote paths
And shout in tones that could 
Soften the cliffs.

Save, o compassionate Gods, 
This celestial beauty;
You may not know 
How to create another Irene.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Jacopo Vittorelli (1749 - 1835), no title, appears in Anacreontiche, in Ad Irene, no. 4

This text was added to the website: 2019-06-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 69