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Chi padre mi fosse, qual patria mi sia, Invano la gente chiamando mi va; Del primo mai seppi ed è patria mia La terra che un fiore, che un frutto mi dà. Dovunque il destino m'addita un sentiero, Io trovo un sorriso, io trovo un amor; Perchè del passato darommi pensiero, Se l'ora presente è lieta al mio cor? Può, è vero, il domani un torbido velo Dell'aure serene l'aspetto turbar; Ma s'oggi risplende azzurro il mio cielo, Perchè rattristarmi d'un dubbio avvenir? Io sono una pianta che ghiaccio non spoglia, Che tutto disfida del verno il rigor; Se fronda qui cade, là un'altra germoglia, In ogni stagione son carca di fior.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "La zingara", 1845 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Romanze, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La gitana", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The Gypsy Girl", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Will Crutchfield) , "The Gypsy Girl", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La gitane", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die Zigeunerin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 112
Wer war wohl mein Vater, mein Vaterland, wie heißt es, vergeblich erfragen die Leute mich dies; nie wusst’ ich das erste, als Vaterland hab’ ich die Erde, die mit Blüten, mit Frucht mich beschenkt. Wo immer das Schicksal einen Weg mir bereitet, dort find’ ich ein Lächeln und auch neue Lieb’; warum an Vergang’nes Gedanken verschwenden, wenn in dieser Stunde mein Herz sich erfreut? Zwar ist’s möglich, dass morgen ein nebliger Schleier den heiteren Himmel verdüstert und trübt; doch wenn heut’ azurblau mein Himmel mir leuchtet, warum mich dann sorgen, dass vielleicht ‘was passiert? Ich bin eine Pflanze, die Frost nicht entkleidet, die jedweder Strenge der Winterzeit trotzt. Und fallen hier Blätter, dann wachsen dort neue, das ganze Jahr über blüh’ ich überreich.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by S. Manfredo Maggioni
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 123