by
Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
Ich ließ mir sagen und mir ward erzählt
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian - Venetian (dialect)
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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.
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- 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
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Je me suis laissée dire et on m'a dit
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Je me suis laissée dire et on m'a dit
Que le beau Toni souffre de la faim à en mourir ;
Depuis que l'amour le tourmente si fort,
Il dévore sept pains par molaire.
Après les repas pour endurcir sa digestion,
Il dévore un saucisson et sept pains,
Et si Tonina ne soulage pas sa douleur,
La famine et la disette bientôt faire irruption.
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