Nun laß uns Frieden schließen, liebstes Leben

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Facciam la pace, caro bene mio

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Facciam la pace, caro bene mio,
Che questa guerra non può piú durare.
Se non la vuoi far tu, la farò io:
Fra me e te non ci è guerra mortale.
Fanno la pace principi e signori:
Cosí la posson fare due amatori.
Fanno la pace principi e soldati:
Cosí la posson far due innamorati.
Fanno la pace principi e tenenti:
Tanto la posson far du' cor contenti.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Facciam la pace, caro bene mio", 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 against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 113, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.

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Nun laß uns Frieden schließen, liebstes...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE HEB

Nun laß uns Frieden schließen, liebstes Leben,
Zu lang ist's schon, daß wir in Fehde liegen.
Wenn du nicht willst, will ich mich dir ergeben;
Wie könnten wir uns auf den Tod bekriegen?
Es schließen Frieden Könige und Fürsten,
Und sollten Liebende nicht danach dürsten?
Es schließen Frieden Fürsten und Soldaten,
Und sollt' es zwei Verliebten wohl mißrathen?
Meinst du, daß, was so großen Herrn gelingt,
Ein Paar zufriedner Herzen nicht vollbringt?

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 54.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 113, first published 1860 [author's text checked 3 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Facciam la pace, caro bene mio", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Nun laß uns Frieden schließen, liebstes Leben", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Now let us make peace, dearest life", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
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