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by Ugo Foscolo (1778 - 1827)

Alla sera
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Forse perché della fatal quiete
Tu sei l'immago, a me sì cara, vieni, 
O sera! E quando ti corteggian liete
Le nubi estive e i zeffiri sereni,

E quando dal nevoso aere inquiete 
Tenebre e lunghe all'universo meni,
Sempre scendi invocata, e le secrete 
Vie del mio cor soavemente tieni.

Vagar mi fai co' miei pensier su l'orme 
Che vanno al nulla eterno; e intanto fugge 
Questo reo tempo, e van con lui le torme 

Delle cure, onde meco egli si strugge;
E mentre io guardo la tua pace, dorme 
Quello spirto guerrier ch'entro mi rugge.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ugo Foscolo (1778 - 1827) [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 Goffredo Petrassi (1904 - 2003), "Alla sera", from Tre Liriche, no. 2. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Allen Shearer) , title 1: "To evening", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 96

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