Places serene and dear | Places serene and dear, I find you again

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by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)

Translation © by Gretchen Armacost

Luoghi sereni e cari

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Luoghi sereni e cari, io vi ritrovo
quali ai bei dì lasciai di giovinezza!
Gli stessi amati aspetti
ovunque il passo io muovo...
Sol non mi punge ancor
che l'amarezza dei mesti giorni
in cui i tormenti d'un triste inganno
insegnato m'hanno pei primi cosa
al mondo è dolor!

Lungi da voi fuggito allor
cercai di trovar pace al mio tradito core.
Andai fin oltre mare, ed altre donne amai...
Ma nulla può lenire quel dolore
ch'e piaga viva in ogni core d'amante
che nell'amore aveva ugual fede
che pregando il Signor!

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), "Luoghi sereni e cari", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 35. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Gretchen Armacost) , title 1: "Places serene and dear", 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: 16
Word count: 92

Places serene and dear

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 Places serene and dear, I find you again
  Just as I left you in the beautiful days of youth! 
 The same beloved views
 Wherever I set my foot... 
 This alone does not sting me still --
 The bitterness of the mournful days
 In which the torments of a sad deception
 First taught me what
 In the world is grief! 
 
 Having fled far from you
 Then I tried to find peace for my betrayed heart. 
 I even went beyond the sea, and loved other women... 
 But nothing can soothe that pain
 Which is a living wound in every heart of a lover
 Who had as much faith in love
 As in praying to the Lord!

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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: 16
Word count: 114