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by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Count of Scandiano (1434 - 1494)

Canta un augello in voce sì suave
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
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Canta uno augello in voce sì suave,
Ove Meandro il vado obliquo agira,
Che la sua morte prende con dilletto.
Lassar le usate ripe non gli è grave;
Ma con dolce armonia l'anima spira,
Nè voce cangia alfin, nè muta aspetto.
L'unda del fiume il novo canto ammira,
E lui, fra l'erbe fresche a la rivera,
Perchè nel suo zoir doglia non spera,
Segue cantando ove natura il tira.
Così me tragge questa bella fiera
A voluntaria morte e dolce tanto,
Che per lei moro, e, pur morendo, canto.

Text Authorship:

  • by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Count of Scandiano (1434 - 1494) [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 Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892 - 1965), "Canta un augello in voce sì suave", 1935. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 89

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