Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen (Heyse, set by (Hugo Wolf)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

El mio moroso m'à invidato a cena

Language: Italian (Italiano)

El mio moroso m'à invidato a cena,
E nol gaveva casa da menarme.
Ghe manca 'l fogo e ghe manca la legna,
Ghe manca la pignata da tacare.
Ghe manca 'l caratèlo del vin bon,
E nol gavea bocal da travasarlo.
Curta la tola e streta la tovagia,
El pan xe duro e 'l cortelo no tagia.

Authorship

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "El mio moroso m'à invidato a cena", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

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Line count: 8
Word count: 57

Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen

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

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen
Und hatte doch kein Haus mich zu empfangen,
Nicht Holz noch Herd zum Kochen und zum Braten,
Der Hafen auch war längst entzwei gegangen.
An einem Fäßchen Wein gebrach es auch,
Und Gläser hat er gar nicht im Gebrauch;
Der Tisch war schmal, das Tafeltuch nicht besser,
Das Brot steinhart und völlig stumpf das Messer.

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Authorship

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

Based on

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "El mio moroso m'à invidato a cena", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848

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by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 25. [
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ENG English (Donna Bareket) , title 1: "My sweetheard invited me to dinner", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 62