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Daß doch gemalt all deine Reize wären, Und dann der Heidenfürst das Bildniß fände. Er würde dir ein groß Geschenk verehren, Und legte seine Kron’ in deine Hände. Zum rechten Glauben [müßte]1 sich bekehren Sein ganzes Reich bis an sein fernstes Ende. Im ganzen Lande würd’ es ausgeschrieben, Christ soll' ein Jeder werden und dich lieben. Ein jeder Heide flugs bekehrte sich Und würd’ ein guter Christ und liebte dich.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 31.
1 Wolf: "müßt' "Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 61 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
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 [ voice and piano ], from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 9
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891) , no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 2 ; composed by Gustav Jenner.
Other 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) , "If only your charms were painted", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 71
Si seulement tous tes charmes étaient peints Et qu'alors un prince païen trouvait le portrait. Il t'honorerait d'un gros cadeau, Et voudrait poser sa couronne dans tes mains. À la vraie foi devrait se convertir Tout son royaume jusqu'à ses frontières les plus éloignées. Dans tout le pays il serait annoncé Que chacun devrait devenir chrétien et t'aimer. D'un coup tous les païens se convertiraient Et deviendraient de bons chrétiens et t'aimeraient.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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. 61
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 72