Hoffärtig seid Ihr, schönes Kind, und geht

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

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.

Text 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):

[ 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 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
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Word count: 52

Hoffärtig seid Ihr, schönes Kind, und...

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Hoffärtig seid Ihr, schönes Kind, und geht
Mit Euren Freiern um auf stolzem Fuß.
Spricht man Euch an, kaum daß Ihr Rede steht,
Als kostet' Euch zuviel ein holder Gruß.
Bist keines Alexanders Töchterlein,
Kein Königreich wird deine Mitgift sein,
Und willst du nicht das Gold, so nimm das Zinn;
Willst du nicht Liebe, nimm Verachtung hin.

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 50.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 106, first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) 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
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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), "Hoffärtig seid Ihr, schönes Kind, und geht", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "You are haughty, beautiful child", 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: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 57