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by Olindo Guerrini (1845 - 1916), as Lorenzo Stecchetti

Segreto
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ho una ferita in cor che gitta sangue,
Che a poco a poco mi farà morir.
Trafita dal dolor l'anima langue;
Amor e il segreto mio non posso dir.

Bella come la luce a me daccanto
Il segreto amor mio veggo talor.
Ei passa e sento in me come uno schianto
Un impeto di gioia e di dolor.

Dal primo giorno non ho mai sperato,
Il segreto fatale ho chiuso in me,
Ed ella non saprà d'esser amata
Mi vedrà morta e non saprà perché.

Eppur se il veggo aprir virrei le braccia,
Dirgli che l'amo e che il mio cor gli do.
Vorrei fissarlo arditamente in faccia,
Ma il cor mi trema e gli occhi alzar non so.

Text Authorship:

  • by Olindo Guerrini (1845 - 1916), as Lorenzo Stecchetti [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), "Segreto", 1887. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 119

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