by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Translation by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885)
L'odalisca
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
Laggiú, del Bendemir in su la vaga sponda, Di rose v'ha una culla, mio segreto sospir. Il rosignol gorgheggia tra i fior e incanta l'onda, L'onda tranquilla del Bendemir. Solea quivi venir tra i profumi e gli'incanti, Cullata in mille sogni da un arcano desir Mentre udia tra i silenzi il suonar flebili i canti E scorrer l'onda del Bendemir. Or lontana, ahimé, da quel tepido lido Io penso: ritorneran le rose mie a fiorir? Delle notti il cantor gorgheggierà ancor fido In sulle sponde del Bendemir? No! Già il maggio passò, già la rosa avvizziva, Il triste rosignol è già presso a morir, Ed io non vedrò piú dalla sponda nativa L'onda d'argento del Bendemir.
Text Authorship:
- by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), no title, appears in Lalla Rookh, in The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, first published 1817
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893), "L'odalisca", published 1878, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885) [an adaptation] ; composed by Giulio Alary, Alfredo Catalani.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859) , "Chant d'une jeune esclave", subtitle: "Imité de Moore", written 1821, appears in Le Chansonnier des Grâces, first published 1821 [an adaptation] ; composed by Edmond Michotte.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Ludwig Breuer (1786 - 1833) , no title [an adaptation] ; composed by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer, Johann Peter Cornelius D'Alquen.
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-14
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