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Ad una morta

by Giacomo Puccini

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Ad una morta
Italian source: Antonio Ghislanzoni

Spirto gentil, dal carcere
terreno assunto ai cieli,
in qual astro ti celi,
ove t’aggiri tu?

Saper vorrei qual sia
la forma tua novella,
saper se in ciel sei bella
qual eri un dì quaggiù;

Saper vorrei se gli angeli
dell’amor tuo consoli,
se per siderei, pei siderei voli
i vanni Iddio ti diè.

Ah! dimmi almen se assorta
dei cieli ai gaudii immensi,
a me talor ripensi
com’io ripenso a te!

Composer

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer. He is best known for his works La bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (1924). Information…

Poet

Antonio Ghislanzoni

Antonio Ghislanzoni (25 November 1824 - 16 July 1893) was an Italian journalist, poet and novelist.

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