Le mie mani, ricordando che tu le trovasti belle, io accorata le bacio, mani, tu dicesti, a scrivere condannate crudelmente, mani fatte per più dolci opere, per carezze lunghe, dicesti, e fra le tue le tenevi leggere tremanti, or ricordando te lontano che le mani soltanto mi baciasti, io la mia bocca piano accarezzo.
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Authorship:
- by Rina Faccio (1876 - 1960), as Sibilla Aleramo, "Le mie mani" [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 Azio Corghi (b. 1937), "Le mie mani", 1962, from Ricordando te, lontano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-14
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