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by Giuseppe Adami (1878 - 1946)

Morire?
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG GER JPN
Morire? … E chi lo sa qual è la vita! ..
Questa che s‘apre luminosa e schietta
ai fascini, agli amori, alle speranze, …
o quella che in rinunce s‘è assopita? …

È la semplicità timida e queta …
che si tramanda come ammonimento
come un segreto di virtù segreta
perché ognuno raggiunga la sua mèta,

o non piuttosto il vivo balenare
di sogni nuovi sovra sogni stanchi,
e la pace travolta e l‘inesausta
fede d‘avere per desiderare? ..

Ecco … io non lo so…ma voi che siete
all‘altra sponda sulla riva immensa
ove fiorisce il fiore della vita,
son certo lo saprete.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giuseppe Adami (1878 - 1946), written 1917 [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 Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), "Morire?", c1917-8, from Per la Croce rossa italiana [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Paolo Montanari) , "To die", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sterben?", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "死とは?", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 103

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