Prayer | To my confused mind

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by Giuseppe Giusti (1809 - 1850)

Translation © by Antonio Giuliano

Preghiera

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Alla mente confusa
Di dubbio e di dolore
Soccorri, o mio Signore,
Col raggio della fé.

Sollevala dal peso
Che la declina al fango:
A te sospiro e piango,
Mi raccomando a te.

Sai che la vita mia
Si strugge appoco appoco,
Come la cera al foco,
Come la neve al sol.

All'anima che anela
Di ricovrarti in braccio
Rompi, Signore, il laccio
Che le impedisce il vol.
Signor, pietà!

Text Authorship:

by Giuseppe Giusti (1809 - 1850) [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 Juan Bautista Plaza (1898 - 1965), "Preghiera", 1925 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Preghiera", 1880, published 1880 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Antonio Giuliano) , "Prayer", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prière", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 70

Prayer

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 To my confused mind
 of doubt and pain
 come to my aid, oh my Lord,
 shine thy light of faith.
 
 Lift from it the weight
 that makes it sink into the mud:
 I send my sighs and tears to Thee
 I entreat Thee.
 
 You know that my life
 is slowly being consumed,
 like the candle wax by the flame,
 like the snow by the sunshine.
 
 To my soul, which yearns
 to take refuge in Thy arms,
 Ah! Break, Lord, the lace
 that prevents it from flying to thee.
 Lord, have mercy!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Giusti (1809 - 1850)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 92