Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà, Che Toni belo no pol magnar gnente. L'è tanto co una tosa incapricià, Che sète pani no ghe toca un dente. E dopo cena l'à magnà un salà, Con altri venticinque pani arente. E se Tonina bela no ghe cría, Vegniva l'ano de la carestia.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Venedig (Vilote), no. 44, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
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Ich ließ mir sagen und mir ward erzählt, Der schöne Toni hungre sich zu Tode; Seit ihn so überaus die Liebe quält, Nimmt er auf einen Backzahn sieben Brode. Nach Tisch, damit er die Verdauung stählt Verspeis't er eine Wurst und sieben Brode, Und lindert nicht Tonina seine Pein, Bricht nächstens Hungersnoth und Theurung ein.
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Note: Modern spelling would replace "Brode" with "Brote", etc.
Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 82.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Venedig (Vilote), no. 44, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848
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 ließ mir sagen und mir ward erzählt", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 26 [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 inquired, and I was told", 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: 2003-12-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 55