Du sagst mir, daß ich keine Fürstin sei

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Tu vai dicendo ch'io non son regina

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Tu vai dicendo ch'io non son regina:
Né anche tu se' figliol del re di Spagna.
Bello, quando ti levi la mattina,
Le tue carrozze non vanno in campagna.
Tu vieni a minchionar la mia bassezza.
La povertà non guasta gentilezza.
Tu vieni a minchionar l'esser mio:
Poi va' per terra te, come vo' io.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Tu vai dicendo ch'io non son regina", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841

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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

Du sagst mir, daß ich keine Fürstin sei;
Auch du bist nicht auf Spaniens Thron entsprossen.
Nein, Bester, stehst du auf bei Hahnenschrei,
Fährst du aufs Feld und nicht in Staatskarossen.
  Du spottest mein um meine Niedrigkeit,
Doch Armuth thut dem Adel nichts zu Leid.
  Du spottest, daß mir Krone fehlt und Wappen,
Und fährst doch selber nur mit Schusters Rappen.

Composition:

Hugo Wolf

Italienisches Liederbuch

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 105, first published 1860

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Tu vai dicendo ch'io non son regina", 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):

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "You tell me that I am no princess", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
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Word count: 61