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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Van li effluvî de le rose da i verzieri

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Van li effluvî de le rose da i verzieri
da le corde van le note de l'amore,
lungi van per l'alta notte
piena d'incantesimi.

L'aspro vin di giovinezza brilla ed arde
ne le arterie umane: reca l'aura a tratti
un tepor voluttuoso
d'aliti feminei.

Spiran l'acque a i solitarî lidi; vanno,
van li effluvî de le rose da i verzieri,
van le note de l'amore
lungi e le meteore.

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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), "Van li effluvî de le rose da i verzieri", from Due piccoli notturni, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Linda Godry) , "The smell of roses is wafting from the kitchen-garden", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

The smell of roses is wafting from the kitchen‑garden

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

The smell of roses is wafting from the kitchen-garden
As the love songs
resounding from afar
Cast a spell on the night.

The impetuous youth nears in fiery brillance
And leads mankind every now and then to
produce a new sprout with a breath of warm voluptuousness
and a whisper of femininity.

Wafting over the waters to distant shores; disappearing,
The smell of roses is wafting from the kitchen-garden
The lovesongs resound from afar
Like distant meteors.

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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: 2007-06-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 77