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by Ernesto Del Preite (1828 - 1891)

Non m'amava
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ei mi diceva che avria sfidato
per ottenermi, tutto il creato;
che nel mio sguardo, nel mio sorriso
stavan le gioje del paradiso.
E mentre al core così parlava,
e mentre al core così parlava,
no, non m'amava, ei non m'amava,
ei non m'amava, ah, non m'amava!

Tu sei, diceva, l'angiolo mio, 
tu sei la stella d'ogni desìo,
il solo bene sei che mi avanza,
tu dei miei sogni sei la speranza.
Fin le sue pene mi raccontava,
Fin le sue pene mi raccontava,
ma non mi amava, ma non mi amava,
ei non m'amava, ah! non m'amava!

Mi prometteva canti, esultanze,
in me destava cento speranze,
tutta di fiori la vita ornarmi,
non aver core che per amarmi.
Con questi accenti ei m'ingannava,
Con questi accenti ei m'ingannava,
ah, non m'amava, ah, non m'amava,
ah, non m'amava, ah,no!

Text Authorship:

  • by Ernesto Del Preite (1828 - 1891) [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 Alfonso Guercia (1831 - 1890), "Non m'amava" [voice and piano], from Un autunno a Portici, no. 1, Milano: Ricordi, also set in Russian (Русский) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by M. Medvedev , written 1881 ; composed by Alfonso Guercia.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 139

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