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by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Pater Francesco

(Sung text for setting by H. Sommer)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Sagt, was wollet Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht eine arme Alte,
         Die der Beichte sehr begehrt!' --
"Fort, fort, fort von meiner Höhle!
O Versuchung meiner Seele." --

        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Sagt, was wollet Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht eine arme Witwe,
         Die der Beichte sehr begehrt!' --
"Fort, fort, fort von meiner Höhle!
O Versuchung meiner Seele." --

        'Pater Francesco,
         Pater Francesco!' --
"Sagt, was wollet Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
         'Draußen steht ein hübsches Mädchen,
         Was der Beichte sehr begehrt!‘
"Laßt sie ein, o fromm Begehren!
Ihre Beichte will ich hören."

Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von August Kopisch, Geordnet und herausgegeben von Freundes Hand, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1856, page 274.

Composition:

Hans Sommer

Aus dem Süden

Text Authorship:

by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Pater Francesco (Rom.)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, in Duette, no. 69

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Father Francesco", subtitle: "A little Roman song", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 101

Father Francesco

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Sommer)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

        'Father Francesco,
        Father Francesco!' --
"Tell me, what do you want from Father Francesco?" --
         'Outside there stands a poor old woman,
         Who has a great desire to have her confession heard! --
"Away, away, away from my cave!
Oh temptation of my soul."

        'Father Francesco,
        Father Francesco!' --
"Tell me, what do you want from Father Francesco?" --
        'Outside there stands a poor widow,
        Who has a great desire to have her confession heard! --
"Away, away, away from my cave!
Oh temptation of my soul."

        'Father Francesco,
        Father Francesco!' --
"Tell me, what do you want from Father Francesco?" --
        'Outside there stands a pretty maiden,
        Who has a great desire to have her confession heard! --
"Let her in, oh what a pious desire,
 ...  her confession I wish to hear."

Subtitle: "A little Roman song"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Pater Francesco (Rom.)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, in Duette, no. 69
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 128