Ho udito talvolta un organo parlare

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

I've heard an organ talk sometimes

Language: English

Our translations: CAT FRE GER ITA

I've heard an organ talk sometimes
In a cathedral aisle
And understood no word it said
Yet held my breath the while...

And risen up and gone away,
A more Bernardine girl
And know not what was done to me
In that old hallowed aisle.

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Unpublished poems of Emily Dickinson [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]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 Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "I've heard an organ talk sometimes", 1949-50 [ mezzo-soprano, piano ], from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "I've heard an organ talk sometimes", 1999, first performed 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from Paradise - 7 songs for Soprano and Piano, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "De vegades he sentit un orgue parlar", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "J'ai entendu parfois un orgue parler", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 45

Ho udito talvolta un organo parlare

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Ho udito talvolta un organo parlare
nella navata di una cattedrale,
senza capire una parola di quello che diceva
eppure trattenevo il respiro in quei momenti...

E poi mi sono alzata - e, andando via,
mi sentivo una fanciulla più pensosa,
pure ignorando cosa mi fosse accaduto
nella navata dell'antico tempio.

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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Unpublished poems of Emily Dickinson
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 50