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by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945)

Contessa, poichèin vostra cortesia
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Contessa, poichèin vostra cortesia
Con mussola e con trina
vestir  voleste la miseria mia
di bambola piccina,
per dirvi: "Grazie!", io diverrò  d'incanto
Quella che fina e  bionda
Con voi prima divise il riso
E il pianto de l'infanzia gioconda:
Diverrò, pei vostri occhi
a l'improvviso, la bambola d'allora.

Rivivrete quel tempo e quel sorriso,
Oh! Non fosse che un'ora:
I canti, i giochi, i bei capelli sciolti
A onde sulle spalle:
Le pazze corse tra i querceti folti
Ad inseguir farfalle
I frutti morsi, i fiori colti,
I cieli puri, dei puri giorni:
L'innocente bellezza
In cui ti veli, Tempo, ché non ritorni;
L'ombra del sogno che v'arrise allora e così dolce fu.

Contessa, io non  sono che una bambola...
Signora... non posso  far di più!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ada Negri (1870 - 1945) [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 Pier Adolfo Tirindelli (1858 - 1937), "Non sono che una bambola", alternate title: "La bambola". [voice and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi

This text was added to the website: 2013-09-12
Line count: 23
Word count: 127

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