Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
La luna s'è venuta a lamentare
Language: Italian (Italiano)
La luna s'è venuta a lamentare Inde la faccia del divino Amore: Dice che in cielo non ci vuol piú stare; Ché tolto gliel'avete lo splendore. E si lamenta, e si lamenta forte. L'ha conto le sue stelle, non son tutte. E gliene manca due, e voi l'avete: Son que' du' occhi che in fronte tenete.
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Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La luna s'è venuta a lamentare", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
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Word count: 56
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag' erhoben Und vor dem Herrn die Sache kund gemacht: Er wolle nicht mehr stehn am Himmel droben, Du habest ihn um seinen Glanz gebracht. Als er zuletzt das Sternenheer gezählt, Da hab' es an der vollen Zahl gefehlt; Zwei von den schönsten habest du entwendet: Die beiden Augen dort, die mich verblendet.
Composition:
- Set to music by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), no title, 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 38, first published 1860
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La luna s'è venuta a lamentare", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
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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) , "The moon has raised a grave complaint", 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: 2003-11-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 58