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by Francesco Rocchi

Piccola mano bianca
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Piccola mano bianca,
Che tanto destino racchiudi,
Porgi l'esili dita
Sul mio tumido cuore.
Senti? Il palpito preme frequente
Con rapidi balzi. Porgi l'orecchio:
Suona d'amore il canto.
Suona le brevi gioie che limpide teco
Suggeva ne la purezza d'oro
Del meriggio d'estate,
Suona la lunga pena de l'animo laborioso,
Che ti brama, ti adora e ti venera e teme.
Oh ne le chiome lunghe,
Fluenti su l'alabastro
De le nitide spalle,
Premere il bacio mio!
Oh a la piccola mano,
Che tanto destino racchiude,
Dare l'ultima gioia
De l'esistenza vana!

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Rocchi  [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 Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Piccola mano bianca", P. 97 no. 5 (1912), published 1912 [medium voice and piano], from Sei Liriche, seconda serie, no. 5, Éd. Ricordi [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "Little white hand", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 91

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