Solitario zeffiretto,
a che movi i tuoi sospiri?
Il sospiro a me sol lice,
ché, dolente ed infelice,
chiamo [Dafne]1 che non ode
l'insoffribil mio martir.

Langue invan la mammoletta
e la rosa e il gelsomino;
lunge son da lui che adoro,
non conosco alcun ristoro
se non viene a consolarmi
col bel guardo cilestrino.

Ape industre, che vagando
sempre vai di fior in fiore,
ascolta, ascolta.

Se lo scorgi ov'ei dimora,
di' che rieda a chi l'adora,
come riedi tu nel seno
delle rose al primo albor.

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¹ [sic]. This should probably be Dafni - a man's name, but we do not know where the error first appeared - in the original text or in the score.

Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), "L'abbandono" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Paolo Montanari) , title 1: "The abandonment", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Verlassenheit", copyright © 2011, (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.
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Word count: 88