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Laß sie nur gehn, die so die Stolze spielt, Das Wunderkräutlein aus dem Blumenfeld. Man sieht, wohin ihr blankes Auge zielt, Da Tag um Tag ein Andrer ihr gefällt. Sie treibt es grade wie Toscana's Fluß, Dem jedes Berggewässer folgen muß. Sie treibt es wie der Arno, will mir scheinen: Bald hat sie viel Bewerber, bald nicht einen.
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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 56.
Heyse's note to line 8: "Wie in den heißen Sommermonaten den Arno seine Nebenflüsse in Stich lassen."
Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 117, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Lassatela passar che fa la brava", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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), "Laß sie nur gehn, die so die Stolze spielt", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 30 [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) , "Let her go, she who plays the proud", 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 text: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 58
Deixa-la marxar, la que es fa l’orgullosa, l’herba miraculosa del camp de flors. Es pot veure on apunten els seus ulls brillants, com dia rera dia, li plau un home diferent. Ella avança com un riu de la Toscana, que totes les aigües de la muntanya han de seguir. Ella avança com l’Arno, em sembla a mi: adés té molts pretendents i adés no en té cap.
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- 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, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 117, first published 1860
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Lassatela passar che fa la brava", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 67