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Se per fuggir da me cervo ti fai, Leone mi farò per arrestarti; E se uccello in aria volerai, Io falco mi farò per ripigliarti; E se pesce nelle acque noterai, Io rete mi farò per ripescarti; E se alfin lume ti sarà concesso, Farfalla mi farò per starti appresso.
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Confirmed with Canti popolari toscani, raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, second edition, volume 1, Firenze, Barbèra, Bianchi e Comp., 1860, page 241.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Poursuite" ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-11
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Si pour me fuir tu te fais cerf, Je me ferai lion pour t'arrêter ; Et si tu volais comme un oiseau dans les airs, Je me ferais faucon pour te reprendre ; Et si poisson dans l'eau Je me ferai filet pour te repêcher ; Et si enfin la lumière t'étais accordée, Je me ferais papillon pour rester avec toi.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, no title
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
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