TESTO DEL LIED

"Tell me, tell me, smiling child"
di Emily Brontë (1818-1848)

Tell me, tell me, smiling child,
What the past is like to thee?
"An autumn evening soft and mild
With a wind that sighs mournfully."
Tell me, what is the present hour?
"A green and flowery spray
Where a young bird sits gathering its power
To mount and fly away."

Tell me, tell me, what is the future, happy one?
"A sea beneath a cloudless sun;
a mighty, glorious, dazzling sea
Stretching into infinity.