Italienisches Volkslied | Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Oh, quanto tempo l'ho desiderato

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Oh, quanto tempo l'ho desiderato
Un damo aver che fosse sonatore!
Eccolo qua che Dio me l'ha mandato
Tutto coperto di rose e viole;
Eccolo qua che vien pianin pianino
A capo basso, e suona il violino.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Oh, quanto tempo l'ho desiderato", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856

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(Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen:
Ach, wäre doch ein Musikus mir gut!
Nun ließ der Herr mich meinen Wunsch erlangen
Und schickt mir einen, ganz wie Milch und Blut.
Da kommt er eben her mit sanfter Miene,
Und senkt den Kopf und spielt die Violine.

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Hugo Wolf

Italienisches Liederbuch

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 43, first published 1860

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a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Oh, quanto tempo l'ho desiderato", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
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ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "How long has my yearning always been", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
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