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by Olindo Guerrini (1845 - 1916), as Lorenzo Stecchetti

Ho sognato che stavi a' ginocchi
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ho sognato che stavi a' ginocchi,
Come un santo che prega il Signor ...
Mi guardavi nel fondo degli occhi,
Sfavillava il tuo sguardo d'amor.

Tu parlavi e la voce sommessa...
Mi chiedea dolcemente mercè...
Solo un guardo che fosse promessa,
Imploravi, curvata al mio piè.

Io tacevo e coll'anima forte
Il desio tentatore lottò.
Ho provato il martirio e la morte
pur mi vinsi e ti dissi di no.

Ma il tuo labbro sfiorò la mia faccia...
E la forza del cor mi tradì.
Chiusi gli occhi,ti stesi le braccia...
Ma, sognavo...E il bel  sogno svanì.

About the headline (FAQ)

Warning: many sources have typos on line 2-4 ("curvato") and line 3-1 ("taceva"), for example, La romanza italiana da salotto, ed. by Francesco Sanvitale, Instituto Nazionale Tostiano, 2002, p. 88.


Text Authorship:

  • by Olindo Guerrini (1845 - 1916), as Lorenzo Stecchetti, first published 1877 [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 Enrique Mario Casella (1891 - 1948), "Ho sognato", 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Sogno" [sung text checked 2 times]

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

  • ENG English (Hugo Poon) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 96

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