Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Alla città di Penna

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Ce l'ho un amante alla Città di Penna,
e l'altro l'ho al bel porto d'Ancona:
n'ho uno sul gran pian della Maremma,
l'altro a Viterbo ch'è terra di Roma:
ne ho uno giù pel pian del Casentino,
quello del mio paese è più vicino:
ne ho uno verso il pian della Magione,
quattro alla Fratta, e diece a Castiglione.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Alla città di Penna", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856 [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. 48, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
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Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen

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

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FRE

Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen,
In der Maremmenebne einen andern,
Einen im schönen Hafen von Ancona,
Zum Vierten muß ich nach Viterbo wandern;
Ein Andrer wohnt in Casentino dort,
Der Nächste lebt mit mir am selben Ort,
Und wieder einen hab' ich in Magione,
Vier in La Fratta, zehn in Castiglione.

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 24.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 48, first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Alla città di Penna", 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), "Ich hab' in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 46 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "I have a lover living in Penna", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 53