Quando incontri i miei occhi, e fai un riso, E poi li abbassi, e pieghi il mento al seno, Ti prego prima a darmene un avviso, Perché in quel mentre io tenga il cuore a freno, Perché in quel mentre io tenga a freno il cuore Che mi vorrebbe uscir dal grande amore. Perché in quel mentre io tenga il core in petto, Che mi vorrebbe uscir dal gran diletto.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Quando incontri i miei occhi", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841 [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 Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 66, first published 1860 ; composed by Michael Brough, Hugo Wolf.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 70
Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst und lachst, Sie senkst, und neigst das Kinn zum Busen dann, Bitt' ich, daß du mir erst ein Zeichen machst, Damit ich doch mein Herz auch bänd'gen kann, Daß ich mein Herz mag bänd'gen, zahm und still, Wenn es vor großer Liebe springen will, Daß ich mein Herz mag halten in der Brust, Wenn es ausbrechen will vor großer Lust.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 33.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 66, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Quando incontri i miei occhi", 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), "Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst und lachst", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 38 [sung text checked 1 time]
This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Gesegnet sei", op. 9 no. 2 (1996) [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Liebeslieder, no. 2
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) , "When you turn your eyes to me and laugh", 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: 8
Word count: 67