If only your charms were painted | If only your charms were painted

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

Daß doch gemalt all deine Reize wären

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Daß doch gemalt all deine Reize wären,
Und dann der Heidenfürst das Bildniß fände.
Er würde dir ein groß Geschenk verehren,
Und legte seine Kron’ in deine Hände.
Zum rechten Glauben [müßte]¹ sich bekehren
Sein ganzes Reich bis an sein fernstes Ende.
Im ganzen Lande würd’ es ausgeschrieben,
Christ soll' ein Jeder werden und dich lieben.
Ein jeder Heide flugs bekehrte sich
Und würd’ ein guter Christ und liebte dich.

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 31.

¹ Wolf: "müßt' "

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 61 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
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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), "Daß doch gemalt all deine Reize wären", 1890-6 [ voice and piano ], from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891) , no title, appears in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 2 ; composed by Gustav Jenner.

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "If only your charms were painted", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-23
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Word count: 71

If only your charms were painted

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

If only your charms were painted,
And then the heathen prince found the portrait,
He would honor you with a great gift,
And would lay his crown in your  hands.
All to the true faith would have to turn,
His whole kingdom, to  its farthest reaches.
Throughout the land it would  be announced
That each must become a  Christian and love you.
At once all the heathen would  convert
And become good Christians, and love you.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 61
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 76