by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Translation by Francesco Rocchi
The odour from the flower is gone
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
The odour from the flower is gone Which like thy kisses breathed on me; The colour from the flower is flown Which glowed of thee and only thee! A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form. It lies on my abandoned breast, And mocks [the]2 heart which yet is warm, With cold and silent rest. I weep, -- my tears revive it not! I sigh, -- it breathes no more on me; Its mute and uncomplaining lot Is such as mine should be.
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Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "On a faded violet", appears in The Literary Pocket-Book, first published 1821 [author's text checked 1 time 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 George John Bennett (1863 - 1930), "On a dead violet", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Twelve Songs Set to Poems of Shelley and Rossetti, no. 6, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edith A. Bracken , "The faded violet", published 1877-8? [ duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "A dead violet", 1904, published 1982, first performed 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs [1903-1904], no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Deis (1883 - 1960), "On a faded violet", published 1914 [ low voice and piano ], from Eight Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ada Dexter , "On a faded violet", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Birmingham: Harrison [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthony Donato (b. 1909), "On a faded violet", 1971, first performed 1974 [ tenor or soprano and string quartet ], from Three Poems from Shelley [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "On a faded violet", op. 43 no. 2, published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Three Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Charles William) Eric Fogg (1903 - 1939), "A faded violet", published 1921 [ SATB chorus or SATB quartet a cappella ], London: Curwen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Ford , "On a faded violet", published 1885 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Cliffe Forrester (1860 - 1941), "Song, on a faded violet", published 1888 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur M. Fox , "The faded violet", published 1888 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Three Songs, London: Woolhouse [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Gledhill , "A faded flower", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Locksley Groton , "A faded violet", published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Boston: B. F. Wood [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clifford Higgin , "To a faded violet", published 1925 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elwyn Kent Hughes , "On a faded violet", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward James Loder (1813 - 1865), "The colour from the flower is flown", published 1845? [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George P. H. Loder , "The faded violet", published 1844 [ TTBB chorus and piano ], glee in the New York Glee Book [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "On a faded violet", published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], London: Augener [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "On a faded violet", published 1914 [ SSA chorus and piano ], London: Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helen Agnes MacWhirter , "The faded violet", published 1903 [ baritone and piano ], from Two Songs for Baritone, London: Bosworth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Colin McAlpin (1870 - 1942), "A faded violet", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Winnipeg: Whaley, Royce, & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Metcalfe , "On a faded violet", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, alsoi set in German (translation by Willy Kastner); London: Joseph Williams [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Borromeo Mills (1914 - 1982), "On a faded violet", published 1950 [ medium voice and piano ], New York: Composers Facsimile Editions [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822 - 1901), "On a faded violet", published 1867 [ voice and piano ], London: Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873), "On a faded violet", published 1839-40 [ voice and piano ], from Characteristic Songs of Shelley [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Henry Thorne (1834 - 1916), "On a faded violet", published 1873 [ low alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emily Josephine Troup (d. 1912), "On a faded violet", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], London: Stanley Lucas, Weber, Pitt & Hatzfeld Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emily Josephine Troup (d. 1912), "On a faded violet", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], London: Stanley Lucas, Weber, Pitt & Hatzfeld Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by George Benjamin Arnold, Henri Herz.
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by George John Bennett.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Francesco Rocchi , no title ; composed by Ottorino Respighi.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Na svadlou fialku"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79
È vanito l'odor di questo fiore
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
È vanito l'odor di questo fiore, Che, come il bacio tuo, tenero ardente respirava su me. Anche di questo fior fuggì il colore, Che rilucea deliziosamente di te, solo di te. Forma languida e vana ella riposa Sul mio povero cuor, Che non oblia, povero stanco cuor; Immobile, di gel, silenziosa Ella irride così l'anima mia, l'anima calda ancor. In vano, in vano io piango a lei d'accanto; E sospirando invan su lei mi chino: oh! tutto in lei finì! Il suo destino è muto, senza pianto. Il suo destino è muto. Oh! il mio destino dovrebe esser così!
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Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "On a faded violet", appears in The Literary Pocket-Book, first published 1821
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), "Su una violetta morta", P. 97 no. 2 (1912), published 1912 [medium voice and piano], from Sei Liriche, seconda serie, no. 2, Éd. Ricordi [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 99