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by G. A. Limoncelli

La triste istoria
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Saper tu brami qual cruda sorte
Mia giovinezza di duol vestia:
donna vaghissima fu mia consorte,
fu per due lustri la fida mia.

Io l'adorava, ma un triste dì
Ella fuggì. Ah!

La macchia a tergere dell'onta infame 
Il mio pugnal brandito, io corso...
E la rinvenni su poco strame
Egra, vivendo dei suoi rimorsi.
Ella acutissimo grido mandò,
E il mio pugnale al suol piombò.

Dio la puniva! Passar due mesi,
E udendo funereo suon di campane
D'ignota donna da un crocchio appresi
Che una pentita alma cristiana
Fra inenarrabile cupo dolor
Volava al gaudio del suo Signor...

Era la morta donna mia!
Della mia vita cielo ed inferno,
Che illacrimata dal mondo uscia
Rendendo orribile affanno eterno
A chi donato le aveva il cor.
Ecco l'istoria del mio dolor.

Text Authorship:

  • by G. A. Limoncelli  [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 Giovanni Pacini (1796 - 1867), "La triste istoria", published 186-? [tenor, piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 131

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