by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865)
La lontananza
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Or ch'io sono a te rapita, Or che tolto a me tu sei, Con le spine di mia vita Gli altrui fior non cangerei. Se a soffrir è solo un core, Quel soffrir si fa dolore, Caro amore, caro amor!
Text Authorship:
- by Felice Romani (1788 - 1865) [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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "La lontananza", subtitle: "Arietta", A 195, IGD 67 no. 1, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], from Soirées d'automne à l'Infrascata, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Camilla Bugge) , "The distance", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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