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by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

'Pater Francesco

Language: German (Deutsch)

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        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Saget, was wollt Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht eine arme Alte,
         Die der Beichte sehr begehrt!' --
"Fort, fort, fort von meiner Höhle!
O Versuchung meiner Seele." --

        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Saget, was wollt Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht eine arme Witwe,
         Die der Beichte sehr begehrt!' --
"Fort, fort, fort von meiner Höhle!
O Versuchung meiner Seele." --

        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Saget, was wollt Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht ein hübsches Mädchen,
         Das der Beichte sehr begehrt!‘
"Laßt sie ein, o fromm Begehren!
Ja, die will ich Beichte hören."

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• H. Sommer

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von August Kopisch, Geordnet und herausgegeben von Freundes Hand, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1856, page 274.

Text Authorship:

by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Pater Francesco (Rom.)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, in Duette, no. 69 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 101

Father Francesco

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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        'Father Francesco,
        Father Francesco!' --
"Tell me, what do you want from Father Francesco?" --
         'Outside there stands a poor old woman,
         Who has a great desire to have her confession heard! --
"Away, away, away from my cave!
Oh temptation of my soul."

        'Father Francesco,
        Father Francesco!' --
"Tell me, what do you want from Father Francesco?" --
        'Outside there stands a poor widow,
        Who has a great desire to have her confession heard! --
"Away, away, away from my cave!
Oh temptation of my soul."

        'Father Francesco,
        Father Francesco!' --
"Tell me, what do you want from Father Francesco?" --
        'Outside there stands a pretty maiden,
        Who has a great desire to have her confession heard! --
"Let her in, oh what a pious desire,
Yes,  her confession I wish to hear."

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• H. Sommer

Subtitle: "A little Roman song"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Pater Francesco (Rom.)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, in Duette, no. 69
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 128