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Artist: Kiri Te Kanawa
Canonical path: /kiri-te-kanawa/vissi-d-arte
Related lyric paths: 5
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Vissi D'arte
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Vissi D'arte
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Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore,
non feci mai male ad anima viva!...
Con man furtiva
quante miserie conobbi, aiutai...
Sempre con fe' sincera,
la mia preghiera
ai santi tabernacoli salì.
Sempre con fe' sincera
diedi fiori agli altar.
(alzandosi)
Nell'ora del dolore
perché, perché Signore,
perché me ne rimuneri così?
Diedi gioielli
della Madonna al manto,
e diedi il canto agli astri,
al ciel, che ne ridean più belli.
Nell'ora del dolore, perché,
perché Signore, perché
me ne rimuneri così?
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Kiri Te Kanawa performs "Vissi D'arte", and this lyric page sits inside the Kiri Te Kanawa catalog on LyroVerse.
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