by Francesco Jannetti (c1815 - 1855)
Translation Singable translation by Carl Gollmick (1796 - 1866)
La fidanzata
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Un cestel di fiori eletto preparatemi, o pastor, che adornare al mio diletto vo' la fronte di quei fior. Ma la rosa insiem col giglio colla mammola nò non vo', troppo o Dio recar periglio il leggiadro fior gli può. Lalala ... Della rosa porporina mentre alletta il vago odor improvisa vien la spina a piombarne nel dolor. Del mio vago al crin d'intorno non languiscano quei fior, ma sian belli al par del giorno in cui nacque il nostro amor. Lalala ...
Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Jannetti (c1815 - 1855) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822 - 1901), "La fidanzata" [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Carl Gollmick (1796 - 1866) ; composed by Carlo Alfredo Piatti.
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 81
Die Verlobte
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
Auserles'ner Blumen Fülle, Gärtner, reich' im Körbchen dar, dass ich froh damit bekränze meines Lieblings lockigt Haar. Doch zur Lilie und zum Veilchen füge nicht auch die Rose bei, dass dem Teuren nicht gefährlich jene holde Zaub'rin sei. Lalala ... Ja, die holde Purpurrose, wahret euch, es ist nicht Scherz, unter ihrem würz'gen Schoße droh'n euch Dornen ja mit Schmerz. Fern sei'n ihm des Lebens Dornen, Freuden blühen ihm allein, heiter soll als wie ein Lenztag stets des Teuren Leben sein. Lalala ...
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Carl Gollmick (1796 - 1866) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Jannetti (c1815 - 1855)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822 - 1901), "Die Verlobte", also set in Italian (Italiano), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 81