by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ad una stella
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Stella gentil, che a sera Corri le vie del cielo, Segreta messaggera Vuoi farti al nostro amor? Saresti eternamente L'amica piú fedel, La nostra confidente Nel riso e nel dolor. Tu sai, soave stella, Com'io, pensoso e triste, Sospiri ognor, ed ella M'aspetti e pianga ognor. Deh! Se la vedi, a lei Dí mille dolci cose E mille ancor. Oh, sei L'astro del nostro amor!
Note provided by Alberto Pedrotti for stanza 2, line 2, word 3 ("fedel") [sic]: for metrical reasons the word should be "fedele", but Catalani used the word "fedel" instead.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893), "Ad una stella", 1874 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 65