Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire,
Testi capelli non te li arricciare,
Giú per le spalle lasciali ire,
Che paion fila d'oro naturale.
Paiono fila d'oro, oro in filato,
Son belli li capelli, e chi l'ha in capo.
Paiono fila d'oro, e seta fina:
Son belli li capelli, e chi li striga.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire", 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. 67, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891) , no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 14 ; composed by Ernst Frank, Gustav Jenner, Ludwig Schneller.
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Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben...

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE HEB

Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen,
So trage nicht dein Haar gelockt, du Holde.
Laß von den Schultern frei sie niederwehen;
Wie Fäden sehn sie aus von purem Golde.
Wie goldne Fäden, die der Wind bewegt - 
  Schön sind die Haare, schön ist, die sie trägt!
Goldfäden, Seidenfäden ungezählt -
  Schön sind die Haare, schön ist, die sie strählt!

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 34.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 67, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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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 Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "And if you see your lover die", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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