Italian (Italiano) translation of Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne

by Reinbert de Leeuw (b. 1938), no title, published 2003? [ voice with instrumental ensemble ], from Im wunderschönen Monat Mai : dreimal sieben Lieder nach Schumann und Schubert, no. 3, note: sets fragments of these poems

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Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne,
Die liebt' ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.
Ich lieb' sie nicht mehr, ich liebe alleine
Die Kleine, die Feine, die Reine, die Eine;1
Sie selber, aller Liebe [Bronne]2,
Ist Rose und Lilie und Taube und Sonne.3

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 113.

1 Lachner adds: "Sie lieb ich alleine."
2 Meyerbeer, Schumann: "Wonne"
3 Lachner adds: "Ich liebe alleine die Reine, die Eine, / Sie selber ist Taube und Sonne."

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Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen,
Wie tief verwundet mein Herz,
Sie würden mit mir weinen,
Zu heilen meinen Schmerz.

Und wüßten's die Nachtigallen,
Wie ich so traurig und krank,
Sie ließen fröhlich erschallen
Erquickenden Gesang.

Und wüßten sie mein Wehe,
Die [goldnen]1 Sternelein,
Sie kämen aus ihrer Höhe,
Und sprächen Trost mir ein.

[Die]2 alle können's nicht wissen,
Nur [eine]3 kennt meinen Schmerz;
[Sie]4 hat ja selbst zerrissen,
Zerrissen mir das Herz.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 128.

Note: Christian Jost's setting begins "Zerrissen mir das Herz" (the last line) and then follows the rest of the text.

1 Jost, Schumann: "goldenen"
2 André, Jost, Schumann: "Sie"
3 Hensel: "einer"
4 Hensel: "Er"

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Author(s): Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
La rosa, il giglio, la colomba, il sole,
li amai tutti, un tempo, in voluttà d'amore.
Non li amo più, amo soltanto
la piccola, graziosa, pura, l'unica;

lei sola, voluttà di tutti gli amori,
è rosa e giglio e colomba e sole.
Io amo soltanto
la piccola, graziosa, pura, l'unica.

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Se sapessero i fiorellini, i piccoli,
come profondo è ferito il mio cuore,
piangerebbero con me,
per risanare il mio dolore.

Se sapessero gli usgnoli,
quanto sono triste e malato,
farebbero risuonare il canto
lieto e consolatore.

Se sapessero il mio tormento 
le stelline d'oro,
verrebbero giù dal loro cielo
e mi direbbero parole di conforto.

Tutti loro non possono saperlo,
Una sola conosce il mio dolore;
lei che mi ha spezzato,
mi ha spezzato il cuore.

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Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato