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O del mio amato ben perduto incanto! Lungi è dagli occhi miei chi m'era gloria e vanto! Or per le mute stanze sempre lo [cerco e]1 chiamo con pieno il cor di speranze? Ma cerco invan, chiamo invan! E il pianger m'è sì caro, che di pianto sol nutro il cor. Mi sembra, senza lui2, triste ogni loco. Notte mi sembra il giorno; mi sembra gelo il foco. Se pur talvolta spero di darmi ad altra cura, sol mi tormenta un pensiero: Ma, senza lui, che farò? Mi par così la vita vana cosa senza il mio ben.
1 Garrett: "cerco, sempre lo"
2 Male singers sometimes change this to "lei" so that the subject of the song is female rather than male.
Text Authorship:
- by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941) [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 Stefano Donaudy (1879 - 1925), "O del mio amato ben", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marques L. A. Garrett (b. 1984), "O del mio amato ben", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from A Love Cycle: Songs of Happiness, Heartbreak, Hope, and Healing, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Oh, lost enchantment of my dearly beloved", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- PER Persian (Farsi) (Roxana Rabbani) , "آه، محبوب نازنینم", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "Ay de mi bien amado", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Donna (Bareket) Breitzer
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 101
آه، افسون گم گشته‌ی محبوب نازنینم! او که از دیدگانم دور است، او که مرا مایه‌ی فخر و سرفرازی بود! اکنون از میان اتاق‌های خاموش پیوسته او را می‌جویم و می‌خوانم، با قلبی آکنده از امید، اما جستجوی من بی فایده است، فریاد‌هایم بی حاصل! و این اشک‌ها چقدر برایم عزیز هستند، که تنها با اشک، دل خویش را می‌پرورم. در نظرم بی او، همه جا اندوهبار است. روز در نظرم همچون شب می‌نماید و آتش چون یخ. با این حال، اگر گاهی امیدی می‌بندم تا خود را به علاج دیگری بسپارم، تنها یک فکر مرا رنج می‌دهد اما، بی او چه خواهم کرد؟ اینگونه در نظرم زندگی چیزی پوچ و بیهوده است، بدون محبوبم.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Persian (Farsi) copyright © 2026 by Roxana Rabbani, (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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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 115