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by Gaspara Stampa (c1523 - c1554)

Il sogno
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Deh lasciate, signor, le maggior cure
  D'ir procacciando in questa età fiorita,
  Con fatiche e periglio della vita,
  Alti pregi, alti onori, alte venture;
E in questi colli, in queste alme e sicure
  Valli e campagne, dove Amor n'invita,
  Viviamo insieme vita alma e gradita,
  Fin che il sol de' nostri occhi al fin s'oscure;
Perchè tante fatiche e tanti stenti
  Fan la vita più dure, e tanti onori
  Restan per morte poi subito spenti.
Qui coglieremo a tempo e rose e fiori,
  Ed erbe e frutti, e con dolci concenti
  Canterem con gli uccelli i nostri amori.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gaspara Stampa (c1523 - c1554) [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 Nicholas Maw (1935 - 2009), "Il sogno" [ soprano, string quartet, woodwind quintet, and harp ], from La vita nuova, no. 5 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 98

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