Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Sia benedeto 'l verde

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Sia benedeto 'l verde e chi lo porta,
Che mi de verde vôi farme una vesta.
De verde va vestida la campagna,
De verde va vestido chi me ama.
De verde va vestido 'l cacciatore,
De verde va vestido lo mio amore.
Verde co' verde se confà con tuto:
Fora del verde nasse ogni bel fruto.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Sia benedeto 'l verde", 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]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Venedig (Vilote), no. 1, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.

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Word count: 56

Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!
Ein grünes Kleid will ich mir machen lassen.
Ein grünes Kleid trägt auch die Frühlingsaue, 
Grün kleidet sich der Liebling meiner Augen.
  In Grün sich kleiden ist der Jäger Brauch,
Ein grünes Kleid trägt mein Geliebter auch;
  Das Grün steht allen Dingen lieblich an,
Aus Grün wächs't jede schöne Frucht heran.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 67.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Venedig (Vilote), no. 1, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Sia benedeto 'l verde", 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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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), "Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 39 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Blessed be the color green and who wears it!", 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: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 59