Italian (Italiano) translations of Two songs, opus 1
by John Herbert Foulds (1880 - 1939)
Du bist wie eine Blume [So hold und schön und rein;]1 Ich [schau']2 dich an, und Wehmut Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein. Mir ist, als [ob ich]3 die Hände Aufs Haupt [dir]4 legen sollt', [Betend]5, daß [Gott dich]6 erhalte [So rein und schön und hold]7.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 136.
1 Ander: "So schön, so rein und hold"; Chadwick: "So schön, so hold, so rein"; Mayer: "So hold, so schön und rein"; Becker, Thuille: "So hold, so schön, so rein"; Unger: "So rein so schön und hold"2 Becker: "seh'"
3 Hinrichs: "ob"
4 Hinrichs: "ich dir"
5 Dreyschock: "und beten"
6 Liszt: "dich Gott"
7 Ander: "So hold und schön und rein"; Chadwick, Thuille: "So schön, so hold, so rein"; Mayer: "So rein, so schön und hold"; Becker: "So rein, so schön, so hold"
Tu sei come un fiore, così soave, bella e pura; io ti guardo, e di malinconia si commuove il mio cuore. E' come se stendessi le mani sul tuo capo, pregando Dio che ti conservi così pura e bella e soave.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (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 German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825
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Give to me the life I love, Let the lave go by me, Give the jolly heaven above And the byway nigh me. Bed in the bush with stars to see, Bread I dip in the river - There's the life for a man like me, There's the life for ever. Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er me; Give the face of earth around And the road before me. Wealth I seek not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek, the heaven above And the road below me. Or let autumn fall on me Where afield I linger, Silencing the bird on tree, Biting the blue finger. White as meal the frosty field - Warm the fireside haven - Not to autumn will I yield, Not to winter even! Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er me; Give the face of earth around, And the road before me. Wealth I [ask]1 not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I ask, the heaven above And the road below me.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The vagabond", subtitle: "To an air of Schubert", appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 1, first published 1896
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with The Complete Poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson: A Child's Garden of Verses, e-artnow, 2015 (via Google Books).
Note: "lave" = "that which is left"1 Dunhill: "seek"
Concedi a me la vita che amo e, quanto al resto, è uguale per me dall'alto cielo un allegro richiamo, sempre una strada davanti a me. Sotto le stelle, per letto, un cespuglio cibo, dal limpido fiume, pescato - E' proprio questa la vita che voglio, è sempre questa la vita che ho amato E che il momento della mia morte sia presto o tardi, poco mi costa, se camminare sarà la mia sorte e attraversare la terra vasta Ricchezze, amore, speranza non cerco Neppure pretendo un amico vicino, Soltanto voglio sopra me il cielo E una strada sul mio cammino. E se su di me l'autunno discende Là dove il mio tempo trascorro lontano muto l'uccello sul ramo che pende intirizzita dal freddo la mano, bianco di neve il campo gelato, caldo il riparo del focolare, non sarà questo che mi avrà fermato neppure l'inverno mi potrà arrestare. E che il momento della mia morte sia presto o tardi, poco mi costa, se camminare sarà la mia sorte e attraversare la terra vasta. Ricchezze, amore, speranza non chiedo Neppure pretendo un amico vicino, Voglio soltanto sopra me il cielo E una strada sul mio cammino.
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- a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The vagabond", subtitle: "To an air of Schubert", appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 1, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-29
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