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| country =United Kingdom | | country =United Kingdom | ||
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| libretto-text =<poem>To the soft sand | | libretto-text =<poem>To the soft sea-licked sand, | ||
her small footprints will return no more. | her small footprints will return no more. | ||
A path only from sorrow and silence | A path only from sorrow and silence | ||
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God knows what anguish accompanied you | God knows what anguish accompanied you | ||
What ancient pains silenced your voice | What ancient pains silenced your voice | ||
To lull you to sleep in the song of the seashells | To lull you to sleep in the song | ||
of the seashells | |||
The song sung in the dark bottom of the sea | The song sung in the dark bottom of the sea | ||
The seashell | The seashell | ||
You are leaving, Alfonsina, with your loneliness | |||
You are leaving, Alfonsina with your loneliness | |||
What new poems did you go looking for? | What new poems did you go looking for? | ||
An ancient voice of wind and salt | An ancient voice of wind and salt | ||
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It's calling your soul and it's carrying it away | It's calling your soul and it's carrying it away | ||
And you go there as if in a dream | And you go there as if in a dream | ||
Asleep, Alfonsina, dressed in the sea | Asleep, Alfonsina, dressed in the sea<ref name="EnglishTranslation"/> | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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