I shall but love thee better after death

Pubblicato da Claudio Capriolo

Maude Valérie White (23 giugno 1855 - 1937): How Do I Love Thee?, song per voce e pianoforte su testo di Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Sonnet 43) ampiamente rimaneggiato dalla compositrice. Ximena Bernal, mezzosoprano; Felipe Calle, pianoforte.

Testo del song:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach,
(I love thee purely)
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need,
(I love thee with the breath) of all my life!
and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Testo originale di Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

14 pensieri riguardo “I shall but love thee better after death”

    1. Do you like that poet? She was a woman of great culture, lived (and died) in Italy and repeatedly expressed her sympathy for the Risorgimento, the political and social movement that led to the unification of the Italian territory.

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