by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886)
Non conosci il bel suol
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)
Non conosci il bel suol Che di porpora ha il ciel? Il bel suolo u' de'rai son più tersi i colori? Ove l'aura è più dolce, più lieve l'augel? Ove in ogni stagione ha l'ape sempre fiori? Ove sotto il fulgor d'un cielo ognor seren par che l'april s'eterni all'erbetta in sen? Ohimé! Potess'io tornare a quelle amate sponde onde fui tolta un dì! Là sol vorrei restare, amare e morir! Non conosci l'ostel che là s'erge sul pian? Le sale adorne d'or, le statue alle pareti, che fanno scolta a notte, e mi tendon le man? Il recinto u' si danza all'ombra degli abeti? Ed il lago infinito, alle cui linfe in sen mille schifi leggieri sen vanno qual balen? Ohimé! Potess'io ritornare a quelle sponde amene, onde fui tolta un dì! Là sol vorrei restare, Amare e morir!
Text Authorship:
- by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886), "Non conosci il bel suol" [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1784, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896), "Non conosci il bel suol", from the opera Mignon, also set in French (Français) [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Ladislav Quis (1846 - 1913) CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © CAT CZE DUT FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Ralph Shapey.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Achille Maffre de Baugé (1855 - 1912) , no title CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Jules Goudareau.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Ambroise Thomas.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898) [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Charles Gounod.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Victor Wilder (1835 - 1892) [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Henri Duparc.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation (Comte de P. Perthuis ? ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Adolf Reichel.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Théodore Toussenel (1806 - 1885) CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Hippolyte Monpou.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Émile Deschamps (1791 - 1871) CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by ? Stosberg [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Joseph Geissler.
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- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855) CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA RUS ; composed by Stanisław Moniuszko.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873) , no title CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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