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by Leone Fortis (1827 - 1896)

Povero il fiore che non ha profumo!
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Povero il fiore che non ha profumo!
Povera l'alma che non sappia amar.
Ignota e sola i giorni io mi consumo
come lampa votiva a ignoto altar

Nessuno sa di quale fiamma avvampi;
sotto gelido stajo [ella]1 languì -
ma il fulmine di Dio non avria lampi,
s'arder potesse senza bende un dì.

La sua luce immortal si spanderebbe
come [quel raggio]2 che diè vita al ciel.
Nessuno gli occhi per fissarla avrebbe,
ogni [terreno]3 amor saria di gel.

Ma, s'anco di mia fiamma io mi consumo,
sia benedetto il mio [fatal]4 ardor.
Rigetto il fiore che non ha profumo,
disprezzo l'alma che non [chiude]5 amor!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   L. Mililotti 

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Confirmed with Cuore ed arte, azione drammatica in sette parti, Milano, 1855.

1 Mililotti: "essa"
2 Mililotti: "la luce"
3 Mililotti: "terrestre"
4 Mililotti: "fatale"
5 Mililotti: "sente"

Text Authorship:

  • by Leone Fortis (1827 - 1896), no title, appears in Cuore ed arte, first published 1855 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Carlota Ferrari (1837 - 1907), "Povero il fiore che non ha profumo", 1856 [ voice, piano ], from 6 Melodie, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leopoldo Mililotti (1835 - 1911), "Povero il fiore che non ha profumo" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Michele Novaro (1818 - 1885 ), "Povero il fiore che non ha profumo", subtitle: "Romanza" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2026-03-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 110

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