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L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra, E la mia voluttà dal mio desire. O dolce stelle, è l'ora di morire. Un più divino amor dal ciel vi sgombra. Pupille ardenti, O voi senza ritorno Stelle tristi, spegnetevi incorrotte! Morir debbo. Veder non voglio il giorno, Per amor del mio sogno e della notte. Chiudimi, O Notte, nel tuo sen materno, Mentre la terra pallida s'irrora. Ma che dal sangue mio nasca l'aurora E dal sogno mio breve il sole eterno!
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), no title, alternate title: "L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra", 1907, from Quattro canzoni d'Amaranta, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , "The dawn divides the darkness from the light", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "暁は闇を光から分かつ", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "El alba separa de la luz la sombra", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79
The dawn divides the darkness from the light, And my sensual pleasure from my desire, O sweet stars, the hour of death is now at hand: A love more holy sweeps you from the skies. Gleaming eyes, O you who'll ne'er return, sad stars, snuff out your uncorrupted light! I must die, I do not want to see the day, For love of my own dream and of the night. Envelop me, O Night in your maternal breast, While the pale earth bathes itself in dew; But let the dawn rise from my blood And from my brief dream the eternal sun
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © by Antonio Giuliano, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 102