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by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)

'Pater Francesco
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Saget, was wollt Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht eine arme Alte,
         Die der Beichte sehr begehrt!' --
"Fort, fort, fort von meiner Höhle!
O Versuchung meiner Seele." --

        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Saget, was wollt Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht eine arme Witwe,
         Die der Beichte sehr begehrt!' --
"Fort, fort, fort von meiner Höhle!
O Versuchung meiner Seele." --

        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Saget, was wollt Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht ein hübsches Mädchen,
         Das der Beichte sehr begehrt!‘
"Laßt sie ein, o fromm Begehren!
Ja, die will ich Beichte hören."

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Sommer 

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von August Kopisch, Geordnet und herausgegeben von Freundes Hand, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1856, page 274.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Pater Francesco (Rom.)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, in Duette, no. 69 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Pater Francesco", op. 10 no. 5 (1885/86), published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], from Aus dem Süden, no. 5, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Father Francesco", subtitle: "A little Roman song", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 95

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