They told me your mother does not want it | They told me your mother does not want it

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

Man sagt mir, deine Mutter woll' es...

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Man sagt mir, deine Mutter woll' es nicht;
So bleibe weg, mein Schatz, thu' ihr den Willen.
Ach Liebster, nein! thu ihr den Willen nicht,
Besuch' mich doch, thu's ihr zum Trotz, im Stillen!
Nein, mein Geliebter, folg' ihr nimmermehr,
Thu's ihr zum Trotz, komm öfter als bisher!
Nein, höre nicht auf sie, was sie auch sage;
Thu's ihr zum Trotz, mein Lieb, komm alle Tage!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 25.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 51, 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 tua madre 'n vuole", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
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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), "Man sagt mir, deine Mutter woll' es nicht", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]

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) , "They told me your mother does not want it", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (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: 2003-12-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 66

They told me your mother does not want it

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 They told me your mother does not want it;
 So stay away, my darling, carry out her wishes.
 Ah, dearest, no! Do not carry out her wish -
 Do visit me, do it in spite of her, in secret!
 No, my beloved, never listen to her,
 Do it in spite of her, come here often!
 No, do not listen to what she might say;
 Do it in spite of her, my love, come every day!

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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. 51, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "M'è stato detto che tua madre 'n vuole", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 75