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by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)

Translation © by Gretchen Armacost

Freschi luoghi, prati aulenti

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Freschi luoghi, prati aulenti,
rimanete sempre in fior;
che l'estate non vi sementi,
che l'autunno non vi travolga,
che la morta stagion non tolga
tanto magico splendor.
Voglio un dì vagar con lei
fra sì verde soavità,
quando alfin gli affanni miei
lei d'intender mostrerà.

Freschi luoghi, prati aulenti,
rimanete sempre in fior;
che nessuna stagion vi tolga
tanto magico splendor.
E voi pur, ruscelli chiari,
che di già correte al mar,
di vostr'acque non siate avari
nelle tarde stagion dell'anno,
non unite anche voi l'inganno
d'un sì breve prosperar.
Vo' specchiarmi un dì con lei
nelle vostre chiarità,
quando alfin gli affanni miei
lei d'intender mostrerà.

Text Authorship:

by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941) [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 Stefano Donaudy (1879 - 1925), "Freschi luoghi, prati aulenti", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 13. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Gretchen Armacost) , title 1: "Cool places, fragrant meadows", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Stuart Price

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 107

Cool places, fragrant meadows

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 Cool places, fragrant meadows,
 Remain always in flower;
 Let not summer sow seed in you,
 Let not autumn carry you away,
 Let not the dead season take away
 So much magical splendor. 
 I want one day to ramble with her
 Amidst softness so green,
 When at last my pangs
 She will show herself to understand.
 
 Cool places, fragrant meadows,
 Remain always in flower. 
 Let not any season take away
 So much magical splendor. 
 And you then, clear streamlets,
 Which already are running to the sea,
 Don't be miserly with your waters
 In the late season of the year,
 Don't you join also the deception
 Of a prosperity so brief. 
 I want one day to be reflected with her
 In your clarity,
 When at last my pangs
 She will show herself to understand.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 133