Io sono un'arida fonte. La state ferì la mia vena Che fluiva tranquilla e piena, un giorno. Ora non più. Una caduta di foglie quaggiù in fondo. Un volo vano di piccole ali attorno. Bocca assetata, non t'accostare. Io sono una fonte dolente che langue Ogni goccia è stilla di sangue, Ogni goccia è stilla di pianto. E il mio dolore io canto. Bocca assetata, La mia vena di pianto non disseta.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jacopo Bocchialini (1878 - 1965) [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 Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "E il mio dolore io canto", published 1945 [sung text checked 1 time]
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