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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Un sogno
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Io non odo i miei passi nel viale muto
Per ove il Sogno mi conduce
È l'ora del silenzio e della luce.
Un velario di perle è il cielo, equale.
Attingono i cipressi con le oscure punte quel cielo:
Immoti, senza pianto; ma sono tristi,
Ma non sono tanto tristi i cipressi
De la sepolture.
Il paese d'intorno è sconosciuto, quasi informe,
Abitato da un mistero antichissimo,
Dove il mio pensiero si perde
Andando pel viale muto.
Io non odo i miei passi,
Io sono come un'ombra;
Il mio dolore è come un'ombra;
È tutta la mia vita come un'ombra vaga,
Incerta, indistinta, senza nome.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938) [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 Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Un sogno", P. 125 no. 1, published 1920, from Quattro liriche, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "A dream", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 105

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