by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865)
Oh! se tu fossi meco
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Oh! se tu fossi meco Sulla barchetta bruna, Che al raggio della luna Vedi pel mar fuggir! Oh! se tu fossi meco Ti rapirei, mio bene, Alle infelici arene Dove dobbiam languir. Soli, [sull'ampio]1 seno Dell'oceàn [gemente]2, Soli, del ciel tacente Sotto l'immenso vel. Libero pianto almeno Sparger potremmo [lamenti]3, Lamenti non traditi Da testimon crudel. E in rammentar gli orrori Di questa vita oscura, La tua, la mia sventura Ed il commun soffrir; Stancati vïatori, Noi chiederemmo al mare O porto per posare, O abisso per morir.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Tosti: "per l'ampio"
2 Tosti: "dormente"
3 Tosti: "uniti"
Authorship
- by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865) [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Il desiderio" [text verified 1 time]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Ti rapirei!", 1873, published 1873. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anne Evans) , title 1: "Desire", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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