Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire

Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire,
Testi capelli non te li arricciare,
Giú per le spalle lasciali ire,
Che paion fila d'oro naturale.
Paiono fila d'oro, oro in filato,
Son belli li capelli, e chi l'ha in capo.
Paiono fila d'oro, e seta fina:
Son belli li capelli, e chi li striga.

Translation(s): GER

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• from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, from Italienisches Liederbuch, published 1860 ENG FRE HEB by Hugo Wolf.
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