Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

M'è stato detto che voli partire

Language: Italian (Italiano)

M'è stato detto che voli partire:
Specchio degli occhi miei do' vuoi andare?
E se tu parti mandamelo a dire.
Di lacrime ti voglio accompagnare.
Di lacrime ti bagnerò la via,
Ricordati di me, speranza mia:
Di lacrime ti bagnerò lo loco,
Ricordati di me, pensaci un poco.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "M'è stato detto che voli partire", appears in Canti popolari inediti umbri, liguri, piceni, piemontesi, latini raccolti ed illustrati da Oreste Marcoaldi, Genova, R.I. de' Sordomuti, first published 1855 [author's text checked 1 time 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):

[ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 2, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne.
Ach, wohin gehst du, mein geliebtes Leben?
Den Tag, an dem du scheidest, wüßt' ich gerne;
Mit Thränen will ich das Geleit dir geben.
Mit Thränen will ich deinen Weg befeuchten --
Gedenk' an mich, und Hoffnung wird mir leuchten!
Mit Thränen bin ich bei dir allerwärts -- 
Gedenk' an mich, vergiß es nicht, mein Herz!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 4.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 2, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "M'è stato detto che voli partire", appears in Canti popolari inediti umbri, liguri, piceni, piemontesi, latini raccolti ed illustrati da Oreste Marcoaldi, Genova, R.I. de' Sordomuti, first published 1855
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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):

by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "I was told you were going far away", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 62