It's late, deserted is the agitated sea (D'Annunzio, set by (Francesco Paolo Tosti)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Translation © by Linda Godry

L'ora è tarda; deserto il mar si frange

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG GER

L'ora è tarda; deserto il mar si frange,
e il gregge a 'l pian calò:
una tristezza grave in cor mi piange,
e sovra il lito io sto.

Io mi struggo d'amore e di desío,
ma tu non pensi a me:
tu sei partito senza dirmi addio:
perché, dimmi, perché?

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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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "L'ora è tarda; deserto il mar si frange", from Malinconia, no. 3. [
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GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , title unknown, copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Linda Godry) , title unknown, copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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It's late, deserted is the agitated sea

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

It's late, deserted is the agitated sea,
And the flock rests on the plain:
Great sadness eats at my heart,
And I feel petrified.

I perish from love and desire,
While you don't waste a thought about me...
You went away without farewell:
Why, tell me why?

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

This text was added to the website: 2007-01-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 47