Very charming image | Very charming image of a woman formerly loved

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by Alberto Donaudy (1880 - 1941)

Translation © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

Vaghissima sembianza

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG JPN SPA

Vaghissima sembianza d'antica donna amata,   
chi, dunque, v'ha ritratta contanta simiglianza         
ch'io guardo, e parlo, e credo d'avervi a me            
davanti come ai bei dì d'amor?                  

La cara rimembranza che in cor mi s'è destata           
si ardente v'ha già fatta rinascer la speranza,         
che un bacio, un voto, un grido d'amore                 
più non chiedo che a lei che muta è ognor.

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), "Vaghissima sembianza", published <<1918, from 36 Arie di Stile Antico, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Very charming image", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "とても美しい絵姿", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Danilo Serrano) , "Vaguísima semblanza", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 61

Very charming image

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 Very charming image of a woman formerly loved,
 who, then, has portrayed you with so much similarity
 that I look, and I speak, and I believe to have you
 before me as in the beautiful days of love?
 
 The dear remembrance which has been awakened
 in my heart so ardently has revived my hopes,
 so that a kiss, a vow, a cry of love?
 more I do not ask of her who is silent forever.

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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: 8
Word count: 76