Laß sie nur gehn, die so die Stolze spielt (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)

Lassatela passar che fa la brava

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Lassatela passar che fa la brava,
La bizzarrina del campo de' fiori.
Si vede bene all'occhi quanto è vaga:
Ogni tre dí li muta gli amatori.
E fa come lo fiume di Toscana,
Raccoglie tutta l'acqua de' valloni,
E fa come lo fiume di Firenza,
Quando l'ha tanti amanti, e quando è senza.

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Lassatela passar che fa la brava", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841 [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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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
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Word count: 53

Laß sie nur gehn, die so die Stolze...

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

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Laß sie nur gehn, die so die Stolze spielt,
Das Wunderkräutlein aus dem Blumenfeld.
Man sieht, wohin ihr blankes Auge zielt,
Da Tag um Tag ein andrer ihr gefällt.
Sie treibt es grade wie Toscanas Fluß,
Dem jedes Berggewässer folgen muß.
Sie treibt es wie der Arno, will mir scheinen:
Bald hat sie viel Bewerber, bald nicht einen.

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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]

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a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Lassatela passar che fa la brava", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841

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by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Laß sie nur gehn, die so die Stolze spielt", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 30. [
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ENG English (Donna Bareket) , title 1: "Let her go, she who plays the proud", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 58