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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Se moro, ricopritemi di fiori
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Se moro, ricopritemi di fiori,
E sottoterra non mi ci mettete;
Mettetemi di là de chelle mura
Dove piú volte vista mi ci avete.
Mettetemi di là, all'acqua, al vento:
Che se moro per voi, moro contenta;
Mettetemi di là, all'acqua, al sole:
Che se moro per voi, moro d'amore.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se moro, ricopritemi di fiori", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE NOR
Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blumen meine Glieder;
Ich wünsche nicht, daß ihr ein Grab mir grabt.
Genüber jenen Mauern legt mich nieder,
Wo ihr so manchmal mich gesehen habt.
Dort legt mich hin, in Regen oder Wind;
  Gern sterb' ich, ist's um dich, geliebtes Kind.
Dort legt mich hin in Sonnenschein und Regen;
  Ich sterbe lieblich, sterb' ich deinetwegen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), no title, 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 33

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 126, first published 1860

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se moro, ricopritemi di fiori", 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) , "If I should die, then shroud my limbs with flowers", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Om jeg dør, så hyll mine ledd inn i blomster", copyright © 2008, (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: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 60

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