I have a lover living in Penna | I have a lover living in Penna

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

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.

About the headline (FAQ)

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):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "I have a lover living in Penna", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Dr Melissa Givens) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

I have a lover living in Penna

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I have a lover living in Penna,
Another one in the Maremma plain,
One in the lovely harbor of Ancona,
And for the fourth I must go to Viterbo;
Another one lives in Casentino,
The next lives in the same place as I,
And yet another one have I in  Magione,
Four in La Fratta, ten in Castiglione!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 48, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

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
- Go to the text page.

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