Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire, Testi capelli non te li arricciare, Giú per le spalle lasciali ire, Che paion fila d'oro naturale. Paiono fila d'oro, oro in filato, Son belli li capelli, e chi l'ha in capo. Paiono fila d'oro, e seta fina: Son belli li capelli, e chi li striga.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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Word count: 53
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen, So trage nicht dein Haar gelockt, du Holde. Laß von den Schultern frei sie niederwehen; Wie Fäden sehn sie aus von purem Golde. Wie goldne Fäden, die der Wind bewegt - Schön sind die Haare, schön ist, die sie trägt! Goldfäden, Seidenfäden ungezählt - Schön sind die Haare, schön ist, die sie strählt!
Composition:
- Set to music by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), no title, 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 17
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 67, first published 1860
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se vuoi vedere il tuo servo morire", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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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) , "And if you see your lover die", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "ואם את רוצה לראות את אהובך מת", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 58