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by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945)

Storia breve
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ella pareva un sogno di poeta;
Vestìa sempre di bianco, e avea nel viso
La calma d'una sfinge d'oriente.

Le cadea sino ai fianchi il crin di seta;
Trillava un canto nel suo breve riso,
Era di statua il bel corpo indolente.

Amò--non riamata. In fondo al core,
Tranquilla in fronte, custodì la ria
Fiamma di quell'amor senza parole.

Ma quel desìo la consumò--ne l'ore
D'un crepuscol d'ottobre ella morìa,
Come verbena quando manca il sole.

Confirmed with Ada Negri, Fatalità, Milano, Fratelli Treves, 1911.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945), "Storia breve", appears in Fatalità [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hedwig Jahn (b. 1845) , "Kurze Geschichte", appears in Schicksal. [Fatalitá.] Gedichte von Ada Negri ; composed by Max J. L. Gus.
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