Che si desti Bellezza | Che al mattino Bellezza dai suoi bei sogni si desti

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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Let Beauty awake in the morn from...

Language: English

Our translations: CAT GER ITA LIT

Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams,
Beauty awake from rest!
Let Beauty awake
For Beauty's sake
In the hour when the birds awake in the brake
And the stars are bright in the west!

Let Beauty awake in the eve from the slumber of day,
Awake in the crimson eve!
In the day's dusk end
When the shades ascend,
Let her wake to the kiss of a tender friend,
To render again and receive!

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 9 [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 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Let Beauty awake", 1904, published 1907, orchestrated 1962 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Travel, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Que desperti la Bellesa", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (David Paley) , "Die Schönheit erwacht!", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Che si desti Bellezza", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Lai grožis pabus", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

Che si desti Bellezza

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Che al mattino Bellezza dai suoi bei sogni si desti,
Che Bellezza si desti e abbandoni il riposo!
Che Bellezza  sia desta
Per amor di Bellezza
In quell'ora in cui, nella macchia, ogni uccello si sveglia
E, a occidente, ancora risplende ogni stella!
 
Che Bellezza  a sera si desti  dal sonno del giorno,
Che si desti  nel rosso tramonto!
E nella luce che si fa più fioca
Mentre l'ombra a poco a poco si allunga,
Che si svegli al  bacio di un tenero amico
E che il bacio sia dato e poi restituito.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 93