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Benedeit die sel'ge Mutter, Die so lieblich dich geboren, So an Schönheit auserkoren -- Meine Sehnsucht fliegt dir zu! Du so lieblich von [Geberden]1, Du die Holdeste [der]2 Erden, Du mein Kleinod, meine Wonne, Süße, benedeit bist du! Wenn ich aus der Ferne schmachte Und betrachte deine Schöne, Siehe wie ich beb' und stöhne, Daß ich kaum es bergen kann! Und in meiner Brust gewaltsam Fühl' ich Flammen sich empören, Die den Frieden mir zerstören, Ach, der Wahnsinn faßt mich an!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Italienisches Liederbuch von Paul Heyse, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 225
1 usually spelled "Gebärden", as is the case in most musical scores2 Sommer: "auf"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, subtitle: "(Venezianisch)", appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Volksthümliche Lieder, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Benedetta sia la madre"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gustav Schmidt (1816 - 1882), "Benedeit", op. 47 no. 3, published 1880 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Sechs volksthümliche Lieder für vier Männerstimmen, no. 3, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Canzonetta", op. 10 no. 1 (1885/86), published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], from Aus dem Süden, no. 1, Braunschweig, Litolff, also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Benedeit die sel'ge Mutter", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 35 [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) , "Blessed be the happy mother", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (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: 16
Word count: 83
Beneïda sigui la benaurada mare que tan gentilment t’ha portat al món, així, elegit per la bellesa, el meu desig ardent vola cap a tu! Tu, d’un posat tan gràcil, tu, la més encisadora de la terra, tu, el meu joiell, el meu delit, dolça, beneïda siguis! Quan de lluny em deleixo i considero la teva beutat, mira com tremolo i gemego sense poder-ho contenir! I al meu pit sento amb violència flames que es revolten, i que la meva pau destrossen, ai, la follia m’arrabassa!
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Translations of title(s):
"Benedeit" = "Beneïda"
"Canzonetta" = "Cançoneta"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2021 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, subtitle: "(Venezianisch)", appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Volksthümliche Lieder, first published 1860
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Benedetta sia la madre"
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 86