Wer bist du, das du mir einflüsterst nicht dem

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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Chi sei tu che mi parli ove non s'ode

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Chi sei tu che mi parli ove non s'ode
respiro di viventi, oh! chi sei tu?
Perché, invisibil démone custode,
t'ho sempre al fianco, e non mi lasci più?

Perché una cupa, inesorata, immane
malinconia su 'l mio cervel piombò?
Perché più nulla, ahi! nulla, mi rimane
del divin sogno che il mio cor sognò?

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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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Chi sei tu che mi parli ove non s'ode", from Malinconia, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Linda Godry) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 55

Wer bist du, das du mir einflüsterst...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Wer bist du, das du mir einflüsterst nicht dem
Odem des Lebens zu lauschen, oh! wer bist du?
Warum, unsichtbarer wachender Dämon,
bist du immer an meiner Seite und lässt mich nicht in Ruhe?

Warum senkt sich eine finstere, unerbittliche, ungeheure
Melancholie in mein Herz?
Warum ist da nichts mehr, ach! Nichts, bleibt mir
Von der  göttlichen Fürsorge nach der sich mein Herz sehnt?

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2007 by Linda Godry, (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 Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)
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This text was added to the website: 2007-01-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 64