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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Il canto della luna
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Jo son la bianca diva io son la muta, 
son la casta visione errante in ciel
Se una coppia d'amanti mi saluta 
io, sorridendo arguta, 
stendo sovr'essi in quella notte il vel.

Rido di voi serene alme beate 
che a inebrianti sogni ergete il vole
che d'amor gli affanni mi narrate: 
poi, belle innamorate 
rido alla vostra gioia e al vostro duol. 

Jo so come si spegne ogni dolcezza 
e so comme rinasce ogni illusion
Virtù, speranza amor fede ed ebbrezza, 
avvolge anno da o spezza 
un bacio un sogno un guardó una canzon.

Cangian esseri е cose; e il verno maggio 
cogli eventi si deggion tramutar 
Jo so la bianca dea seguo il viaggio 
eterno e il niveo raggio, 
io sola non potro giammai cangiar

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Barriga Enrique Soro (1884 - 1954), "Il canto della luna" [ voice and piano ], C. Kirsinger & Co [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2025-05-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 126

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