Alza la bionda testa, e non dormire

Alza la bionda testa, e non dormire,
Non ti lasciar superar dallo sonno.
Quattro parole, amore, io son per dire,
Che tutte e quattro son di gran bisogno:
La prima ell'è che mi fate morire,
E la seconda, che un gran ben vi voglio:
La terza, che vi sia raccomandata;
L'ultima, che di voi so' innamorata.

Translation(s): GER

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• from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Alza la bionda testa, e non dormire", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Parole di gran bisogno", op. 82, Heft 2 no. 10, published 1895 [soprano and cimbalom], from Rispetti. Canti popolari toscani por Sopran (o Tenor) con Cembalo, no. 10, Berlin, Bote & Bock ; incipit in German: "Hebe noch einmal lauschend das blonde Haupt auf" [
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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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