In quelle trine morbide

In quelle trine morbide

From: Manon Lescaut
By: Puccini
Voice Type(s): Soprano

Melody
E ♭/D ♯
Full
E ♭/D ♯

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
In quelle trine morbide
(from Manon Lescaut) (1893, rev. 1894)
Text:  Domenico Oliva and Luigi Illica, after Antoine-Francois (Abbé) Prévost?s novel L?Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut

Original Key/Recorded Key:  E-flat Major
Teach-Track begins:  m. 1
Accompaniment Track begins:  m. 1
Pianist:  Daniel Michalak
    

In quelle trine morbide, nell'alcova dorata,
In those laces soft, in-the-alcove gilded,

v'e un silenzio, un gelido mortal..
there-is a silence, a chill mortal...

un freddo che m'agghiaccia!
a coldness that me-freezes!

Ed io che m'ero avezza a una carezza voluttuosa
And I, who [myself] was accustomed to a caress voluptuous

di labbra ardenti e d'infuocate braccia
of lips ardent and of-fiery embrace,

or ho tutt'altra cosa!
now have (an) entirely-different thing!

O mia dimora umile, tu mi ritorni innanzi...
O my abode humble, you to-me return before...

gaia, isolata, bianca,
gay, isolated, white,

come un sogno gentile di pace e d'amorl
like a dream gentle both of peace and of-lovel