Sera la viddi, la Calavresella:
Chiano, chianillo da l’aqua veniva!
Calavresella,
Acconcia e bella!
Calavresella,
Calavresè!
Ed io le dissi: addio, Calavresella!
Na veppeta de st'aqua mme faria?
Calavresella,
Acconcia e bella!
Calavresella,
Calavresè!
Ed essa mme respunne, garbata e bella:
Non sulo l'aqua, la perzona mia! --
Calavresella,
Acconcia e bella!
Calavresella,
Calavresè!
Confirmed with Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesieen aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln, Gesammelt und übersetzt von August Kopisch, Berlin: Verlag von Gustav Crantz, 1838, page 76.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La Calavreslla", subtitle: "(Calabria.)", Sicilian folk poem [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853) , "Die kleine Kalabresin", subtitle: "(Kalabrien)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt ; composed by Carl Attenhofer, Carl Hirsch, Karl Gottlieb Reissiger.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2022-04-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 53
Abend's da sah ich das Kalabresinchen:
Stille, gar stille vom Bächelein kam sie,
Kalabresinchen,
Niedliches Kindchen!
Kalabresinchen,
Kalabresin!
Und zu ihr sagt' ich: ach, Kalabresinchen!
Gieb mir ein Schlückchen, ein Schlückchen vom Wasser?
Kalabresinchen,
Niedliches Kindchen!
Kalabresinchen,
Kalabresin!
Und sie erwiederte artig und fein mir:
Nicht nur das Wasser -- mich selber, mich selber!
Kalabresinchen,
Niedliches Kindchen!
Kalabresinchen,
Kalabresin!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesieen aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln, Gesammelt und übersetzt von August Kopisch, Berlin: Verlag von Gustav Crantz, 1838, page 77.
Text Authorship:
- by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Die kleine Kalabresin", subtitle: "(Kalabrien)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La Calavreslla", subtitle: "(Calabria.)", Sicilian folk poem
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Die kleine Kalabreserin", op. 64 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1889 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Hirsch (1858 - 1918), "Kalabresinchen", op. 84 (Vier Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1892 [ men's chorus ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Die kleine Calabreserin", alternate title: "Die kleine Kalabresinn", op. 131 (Sieben Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 4, published 1838 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "(Calabria)", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-13
Line count: 18
Word count: 80