Torno a vedere, in sogno, le strade

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by António Machado (1875 - 1939)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Yo voy soñando caminos

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ITA

Yo voy soñando caminos
de la tarde. ¡Las colinas
doradas, los verdes pinos,
las polvorientas encinas!...
¿Adónde el camino irá?
Yo voy cantando, viajero
a lo largo del sendero...
-la tarde cayendo está-.
"En el corazón tenía
"la espina de una pasión;
"logré arrancármela un día:
"ya no siento el corazón".
Y todo el campo un momento
se queda, mudo y sombrío,
meditando. Suena el viento
en los álamos del río.
La tarde más se oscurece;
y el camino que serpea
y débilmente blanquea
se enturbia y desaparece.
Mi cantar vuelve a plañir:
"Aguda espina dorada,
"quién te pudiera sentir
"en el corazón clavada".

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Text Authorship:

by António Machado (1875 - 1939), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Dorothea Hofmann (b. 1961), "Caminos de la tarde", 2014, first performed 2015 [ 2 sopranos, dulcimer, accordion ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Carlos Pedrell (1878 - 1941), "Yo voy soñando caminos", 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from De Castilla, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 104

Torno a vedere, in sogno, le strade

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Spanish (Español)

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Torno a vedere, in sogno, le strade
a sera. Le colline
dorate, i verdi pini,
le polverose querce! ...
Dove mi porterà la strada?
Vado cantando, viandante
che segue il suo sentiero...
mentre scende la sera - .
"M'era fitta nel cuore
la spina di un amore:
la ho strappata un giorno:
ma il cuore più non sento".
E la campagna a un tratto,
fattasi muta e cupa,
sembra meditare. Il vento spira
fra i pioppi lungo il fiume.
Si fa più scura la sera;
la strada che serpeggia
in debole chiarore
si fa buia e scompare.
Volge la mia canzone in pianto:
"Acuta spina dorata,
potessi sentirti ancora,
nel mio cuore piantata".

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-31
Line count: 24
Word count: 111