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by Umberto Poli (1883 - 1957), as Umberto Saba

Ceneri
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ceneri 
di cose morte, di mali perduti, 
di contatti ineffabili, di muti 
sopiri; 

vivide 
fiamme da voi m'investono nell'atto 
che d'ansia in ansia approssimo alle soglie 
del sonno; 

e al sonno, 
con quei legami appassionati e teneri 
ch'ànno il bimbo e la madre, ed a voi ceneri 
mi fondo. 

L'angoscia 
insidia al varco, io la disarmo. Come 
un beato la via di paradiso, 
salgo una scala, sosto ad una porta 
a cui suonavo in altri tempi. Il tempo 
ha ceduto di colpo. 
                                    Mi sento, 
con i panni e con l'anima, 
in una luce di folgore; al cuore 
una gioia si abbatte vorticosa 
come la fine. 
                         Ma non grido. 
                                                   Muto 
parto dell'ombre per l'immenso impero.

Text Authorship:

  • by Umberto Poli (1883 - 1957), as Umberto Saba [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 Misato Mochizuki (b. 1969), "Ceneri", 1996 [ mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-12-31
Line count: 26
Word count: 114

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