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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Romanza
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Dimmi perché sí languido
Mi volgi il guardo, o bella?
Dimmi perché una stella
Guardi piangendo ognor?

Forse quel raggio tremulo
Rammenta a te la sera
Che mi dicevi: «Spera,
Spera pe'l nostro amor!»

Non rammentar quel brivido
Che ci sentimmo in petto
Quando, con tanto affetto,
La mia tua man serrò,

Non rammentarlo: il turbine
Passò sul caro fiore
E l'estasi d'amore
Tutta in dolor cangiò.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893), "Romanza", 1870. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 67

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