とても美しい絵姿 | かつて愛した女性のとても美しい絵姿

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by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)

Translation © by Naoyuki Okada

Vaghissima sembianza

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG JPN SPA

Vaghissima sembianza d'antica donna amata,   
chi, dunque, v'ha ritratta contanta simiglianza         
ch'io guardo, e parlo, e credo d'avervi a me            
davanti come ai bei dì d'amor?                  

La cara rimembranza che in cor mi s'è destata           
si ardente v'ha già fatta rinascer la speranza,         
che un bacio, un voto, un grido d'amore                 
più non chiedo che a lei che muta è ognor.

Text Authorship:

by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941) [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 Stefano Donaudy (1879 - 1925), "Vaghissima sembianza", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Very charming image", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "とても美しい絵姿", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "Vaguísima semblanza", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 61

とても美しい絵姿

Language: Japanese (日本語) after the Italian (Italiano)

かつて愛した女性のとても美しい絵姿
一体誰がこれほどまでに似せて描いたのだろう?
私は見つめ、話しかけ、愛し合った頃のように
貴女が私の目の前にいるかのようだ

私の心に呼び覚まされた愛しい記憶が 
私に熱く希望を蘇らせた
口づけ、誓い、 愛の叫びを 物言わぬこの絵姿に 
もう求めずにすむのではないかという希望を

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-04
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Word count: 10