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by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)

Amor mi tiene in pugno
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Amor mi tiene in pugno,
mi gira, rigira,
m'annusa e poi sospira...
Ahimè, che brutto segno!
Son già forse indegno d'entrar nel suo regno
e starvi ancora a gironzar?
Eppur se adesso son sì dimesso,
sparuto, gibbuto, sol buono a lagrimar,
gli è per quei sospiri e i lunghi martiri
cui senza ricetto amor m'ha costretto...
Ma per un po' ch'io tento
qual fui di ritornar...,
vedrete a cento a cento le donzellette
attorno a me cascar!

D'amor tal'è il costume davvero tremendo
che vivasi morendo
e che si mora vivi,
di tutto già privi,
persin quando ancora molto c'è da assaporar...
Per cui se adesso son sì dimesso,
sparuto, gibbuto, sol buono a lagrimar,...

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), "Amor mi tiene in pugno", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 31. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Gretchen Armacost) , title 1: "Love holds me in his fist", 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: 21
Word count: 115

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