Atene, Grecia, segreto, vertice di favola incastonata dentro il topazio che l'inanella. Sol proprio azzurro insorta in minimi limiti, per essere misura, liberta della misura, liberta di legge che a se liberi legge. Sino dal mare, dal cielo al mare, liberi l'umano vertice, la legge di liberta, dal mare al cielo. Non saresti piu, Atene, Grecia, che tana di dissennati? Che terra della dismisura aperti, che a chi aspirava all'umana dignita, apriva gli occhi. Ora, mostruosa accecheresti? Chi ti ha ridotta a tale, quali mostri?
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Authorship:
- by Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 - 1970) [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 Hans Werner Henze (1926 - 2012), "Grecia 1970", from Stimmen, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Greg Fox
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