La lontananza
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Quando dal tuo verone,
fra l'ombre della sera,
la flebile canzone
sciorrà la capinera
ed una pura stella
nel suo gentil passaggio
la fronte tua sì bella
rischiarerà d'un raggio,
quando il ruscel d'argento
gemere udrai vicino
e sospirar il vento
e sussurare il pino,
deh! ti rammenta, o sposa,
che quello è il mio saluto.
Donami allor pietosa
di lacrime un tributo
e pensa, o Elvira mia,
che il povero cantor
per mezzo lor t'invia
sempre più fido il cor.
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La lontananza
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
When from your balcony,
in the shadows of the evening,
you hear a faint song
let out by the warbler,
and a pure star,
in his gentle passage,
your brow, so beautiful,
lights up with his ray,
when the silver brook
you hear groaning nearby,
and the sighing of the wind,
and the whispering of the pine,
oh! you are reminded, O bride,
that that is my greeting.
Give me then, compassionately,
a tribute of tears,
and think, O my Elvira,
that this poor singer
by means of them sends you,
ever more faithful, his heart.
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