Schweig' einmal still, du garst'ger Schwätzer dort!

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Stattene zitta, brutta cicalina

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Stattene zitta, brutta cicalina:
I tuoi rispetti m'hanno stomacato.
Se tu durassi fino a domattina,
Non canteresti un rispetto garbato.
Stattene zitta, e vattene alla paglia:
Canta meglio di te un asin che raglia.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Stattene zitta, brutta cicalina", 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

Schweig' einmal still, du garst'ger Schwätzer dort!
Zum Ekel ist mir dein verwünschtes Singen.
Und triebst du es bis morgen früh so fort,
Doch würde dir kein schmuckes Lied gelingen.
Schweig' einmal still und lege dich aufs Ohr!
Das Ständchen eines Esels zög ich vor.

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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. 36, first published 1860

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Stattene zitta, brutta cicalina", 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):

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Be silent for once, you detestable babbler!", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 45