Bella che troppo in alto vi tenete
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Bella che troppo in alto vi tenete, Con molta fantasia vi fate amare. A chi vi parla, alquanto rispondete, Che vi rincresce il troppo salutare. Figlia non sei d'un Alessandro Magno, Nemmen padrona di qualunque regno; E se l'oro non vuo', prendi lo stagno: Se tu non vuo' l'amor, prendi lo sdegno.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Bella che troppo in alto vi tenete", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841 [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):
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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 Toscanisch, no. 106, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 52