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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

In this short Life

Language: English

Our translations: GER ITA

Chosen for Diff

In this short Life
That only lasts an hour
How much -- how little -- is
Within our power

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "In this short Life", 1999 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from By a departing light, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ingrid Stölzel (b. 1971), "In This Short Life", 2016, copyright © 2016 [ soprano, flute, oboe and piano ], Composers Edition
Publisher: Composers Edition [external link] [sung text not yet checked]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Nur eine Stund", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "In questa vita breve", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-21
Line count: 4
Word count: 17

In questa vita breve

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Chosen for Diff

In questa vita breve
che solo un'ora dura
Quante cose - eppure quanto poche - restano
in nostro potere.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 17