Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Vier Grüße send' ich zu dir auf die Reise, Als meine vier getreuen Liebesboten. Der erste pocht an deiner Pforte leise, Der zweite soll vor dir die Kniee senken, Der dritte dir die weiße Hand berühren, Der vierte soll dich bitten, mein zu denken.
Composition:
- Set to music by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Sendung", 1912 [ medium voice and piano or string quartet or orchestra ], from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 9
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Latinisch, no. 24, first published 1860
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Message", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 44