I fauni | S'odono al monte i saltellanti rivi

by Antonio Rubino (1880 - 1964)

I fauni

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

S'odono al monte i saltellanti rivi
Murmureggiare per le forre astruse,
S'odono al bosco gemer cornamuse
Con garrito di pifferi giulivi. 
E i fauni in corsa per dumeti e clivi,
Erti le corna sulle fronti ottuse,
Bevono per lor nari camuse
Filtri sottili e zeffiri lascivi.
E, mentre in fondo al gran coro alberato
Piange d'amore per la vita bella
La sampogna dell'arcade pastore,
Contenta e paurosa dell'agguato,
Fugge ogni ninfa più che fiera snella,
Ardendo in bocca come ardente fiore.

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Text Authorship:

by Antonio Rubino (1880 - 1964) [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), "I fauni", P. 107 no. 1 (1917), from Deità Silvane, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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