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Oh! se tu fossi meco Sulla barchetta bruna, Che al raggio della luna Vedi pel mar fuggir! Oh! se tu fossi meco Ti rapirei, mio bene, Alle infelici arene Dove dobbiam languir. Soli, [sull'ampio]1 seno Dell'oceàn [gemente]2, Soli, del ciel tacente Sotto l'immenso vel. Libero pianto almeno Sparger potremmo [lamenti]3, Lamenti non traditi Da testimon crudel. E in rammentar gli orrori Di questa vita oscura, La tua, la mia sventura Ed il commun soffrir; Stancati vïatori, Noi chiederemmo al mare O porto per posare, O abisso per morir.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Tosti: "per l'ampio"
2 Tosti: "dormente"
3 Tosti: "uniti"
Authorship
- by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865) [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Il desiderio" [text verified 1 time]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Ti rapirei!", 1873, published 1873. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anne Evans) , title 1: "Desire", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:47
Line count: 24
Word count: 88
Oh, if only you were with me
on the dark boat
so you could see the rays of the moon
slipping away over the sea!
Ah, if you were with me
I would kidnap you, my darling
and take you from the unhappy places
where we might languish.
Alone on the wide ranging bosom
of the moaning ocean,
alone under the immense veil
of the silent sky.
Free ... at least I can cry,
scattering and carrying our laments,
laments not giving away
a cruel Fate.
And recalling the horrors
of this dark life,
your misfortune and mine ...
and our mutual suffering ...
Like tired travellers,
we would ask the sea
or harbour to lay us down
in the abyss to die.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2006 by Anne Evans, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865)
Text added to the website: 2006-12-07 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:19
Line count: 24
Word count: 123