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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Niccolò Tommasèo (1802 - 1874)

Il clefta prigione
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Oggi, Demo, gli è pasqua, oggi fiera:
I prodi fan festa, e tirano al bersaglio:
E tu, Demo mio, a Giànnina, alla porta del visire,
In catene, in ceppi, in trista carcere.
E tutto il mondo tel dicevano, e Turchi e Romei:
Demo caro, sta savio, se ti tocchi l'armatolato.
"E che mal vi fec'io, che piangete su me?
Faccia Iddio e la Vergine e sire san Giorgio,
Che guarisca la mia mano, ch'io cinga la spada,
E alfin venga la primavera, venga la state,
Che s'infrondino i rami e chiudano le viottole,
Ch'io prenda il mio fucile, ch'io cinga la mia spada,
Ch'io pigli l'opposto lato dei monti, dell'alte cime,
Ch'io faccia arrosto pecore pingui e grossi montoni,
Ch'io lasci madri senza figliuoli, spose senza mariti."

Text Authorship:

  • by Niccolò Tommasèo (1802 - 1874) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , a popular Greek poem [text unavailable]
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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 Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "Il clefta prigione", published 1916 [voice and piano], from Cinque Liriche, no. 4, A.A. Forlivesi & Co., Rome [ sung text checked 2 times]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 127

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