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Heb' auf dein blondes Haupt und schlafe nicht, Und laß dich ja vom Schlummer nicht betören. Ich sage dir vier Worte von Gewicht, Von denen darfst du keines überhören. Das erste: daß um dich mein Herze bricht, Das zweite: dir nur will ich angehören, Das dritte: daß ich dir mein Heil befehle, Das letzte: dich allein liebt meine Seele.
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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 14.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 30, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Alza la bionda testa, e non dormire", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
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), no title, 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 18
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Lift up your blond head and do not sleep", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "הרימי את ראשך הבלונדיני", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 59
Lift up your blond head and do not sleep, And do not let yourself be lured by slumber. I will tell you four things of weight, None of which must you miss. The first: for you my heart is breaking, The second: I want to belong only to you, The third: that I entrust my salvation to you, The last: my soul loves you alone.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 30, first published 1860
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Alza la bionda testa, e non dormire", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 66