Il poveretto
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG FRE GER
Passegger, che al dolce aspetto 
Par che serbi un gentil cor,
Porgi un soldo al poveretto
Che da man digiuno è ancor.

Fin da quando era figliuolo
Sono stato militar
E pugnando pel mio suolo
Ho trascorso e terra e mar;

Ma or che il tempo su me pesa,
Or che forza più non ho,
Fin la terra che ho difesa,
La mia patria m'obliò.

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • ENG English (Fenna Ograjensek) , "The poor man", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Will Crutchfield) , "The poor fellow", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le pauvre", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Hendrik Hempfling) , "Der arme Mann", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 65