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'Pater Francesco,
Pater Francesco!' --
"[Saget, was wollt]1 Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
'Draußen steht eine arme Alte,
Die der Beichte sehr begehrt!' --
"Fort, fort, fort von meiner Höhle!
O Versuchung meiner Seele." --
'Pater Francesco,
Pater Francesco!' --
"[Saget, was wollt]1 Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
'Draußen steht eine arme Witwe,
Die der Beichte sehr begehrt!' --
"Fort, fort, fort von meiner Höhle!
O Versuchung meiner Seele." --
'Pater Francesco,
Pater Francesco!' --
"[Saget, was wollt]1 Ihr vom Pater Francesco?"--
'Draußen steht ein hübsches Mädchen,
[Das]2 der Beichte sehr begehrt!‘
"Laßt sie ein, o fromm Begehren!
[Ja, die will ich Beichte]3 hören."
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von August Kopisch, Geordnet und herausgegeben von Freundes Hand, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1856, page 274.
1 Sommer: "Sagt, was wollet"
2 Sommer: "Was"
3 Sommer: "Ihre Beichte will ich"
Text Authorship:
- by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Pater Francesco (Rom.)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, in Duette, no. 69 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Pater Francesco", op. 10 no. 5 (1885/86), published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], from Aus dem Süden, no. 5, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Father Francesco", subtitle: "A little Roman song", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 101
‘Pare Francesco,
Pare Francesco!’ –
“Digueu, què voleu del Pare Francesco?” –
‘A fora hi ha una pobre vella
que desitja confessar-se!’ –
“Fora, fora de la meva cova!
Oh temptació de la meva ànima.” –
‘Pare Francesco,
Pare Francesco!’ –
“Digueu, què voleu del Pare Francesco?” –
‘A fora hi ha una pobra vídua
que desitja confessar-se!’ –
“Fora, fora de la meva cova!
Oh temptació de la meva ànima.” –
‘Pare Francesco,
Pare Francesco!’ –
“Digueu, què voleu del Pare Francesco?” –
‘A fora hi ha una formosa donzella
que desitja confessar-se!’ –
“Deixeu-la entrar, oh desig pietós!
A ella sí que la vull confessar.”
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Translations of title(s):
"Pater Francesco" = "Pare Francesco"
"Pater Francesco (Rom.)" = "Pare Francesco (Rom.)"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2024 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 August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Pater Francesco (Rom.)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, in Duette, no. 69
This text was added to the website: 2024-03-16
Line count: 21
Word count: 107