Mi sovrasta la morte | Mi sovrasta la morte, piano sussurrando

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by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Death stands above me, whispering low

Language: English

Our translations: ITA

Death stands above me, whispering low
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear.

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Confirmed with Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor, ed. by Sidney Colvin, London, 1882

Text Authorship:

by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864), "On Death" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Death stands above me", 2010 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "On Death", op. 110 (Twelve Songs) no. 12 (1944-1945) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mi sovrasta la morte", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-27
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Word count: 28

Mi sovrasta la morte

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Mi sovrasta la morte, piano sussurrando
dentro al mio orecchio, che cosa non so dire:
del suo strano linguaggio questo solo intendo,
che non c'è una sola parola di timore.

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Based on:

a text in English by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864), "On Death"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 30