Heut Nacht erhob ich mich um Mitternacht

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Stanotte a mezzanotte mi levai

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Stanotte a mezzanotte mi levai,
Trovai 'l mio cuore che dal petto usciva;
E io gli dissi: cor, dove ne vai?
Mi disse: A veder voi che ne veniva.
Mira, il mi' core se non ti vuol bene!
Esce dal petto e a vedere ti viene.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Stanotte a mezzanotte mi levai", 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, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 75, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.

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Heut Nacht erhob ich mich um Mitternacht

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Heut Nacht erhob ich mich um Mitternacht,
Da war mein Herz mir heimlich fortgeschlichen.
Ich frug: Herz, wohin stürmst du so mit Macht?
Es sprach: Nur Euch zu sehn, sei es entwichen.
Nun sieh, wie muß es um mein Lieben stehn:
Mein Herz entweicht der Brust, um dich zu sehn!

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 37.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 75, first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Stanotte a mezzanotte mi levai", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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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), "Heut Nacht erhob ich mich um Mitternacht", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 41 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Last night I rose at midnight", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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