by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Mario Chini (1876 - 1959)
A una Lucciola
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Chinese (中文)
La luna non può estinguere il tuo lume tremante, il vento lo fa splendere di luce più brillante. Porta dunque nell'etere puro la tua fiammella, e stà presso alla candida luna, come una stella.
Text Authorship:
- by Mario Chini (1876 - 1959) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Agide Tedoldi (1887 - 1962), "A una Lucciola", published 1930, from Due Liriche Cinesi, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 34