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Ich hab’ in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen
German source:
Paul Heyse
In der Maremmeneb’ne einen andern,
Einen im schönen Hafen von Ancona,
Zum vierten muss ich nach Viterbo wandern;
Ein andrer wohnt in Casentino dort,
Der nächste lebt mit mir am selben Ort,
Und wieder einen hab’ ich in Magione,
Vier in La Fratta, zehn in Castiglione.
I have one lover living in Penna
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Another in the plain of Maremma,
One in the beautiful port of Ancona,
For the fourth I must go to Viterbo;
Another lives over in Casentino,
The next with me in my own town,
And I’ve yet another in Magione,
Four in La Fratta, ten in Castiglione.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Ich hab’ in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen
German source:
Paul Heyse
I have one lover living in Penna
English source:
Richard Stokes
Ich hab’ in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen,
I have one lover living in Penna,
In der Maremmeneb’ne einen andern,
Another in the plain of Maremma,
Einen im schönen Hafen von Ancona,
One in the beautiful port of Ancona,
Zum vierten muss ich nach Viterbo wandern;
For the fourth I must go to Viterbo;
Ein andrer wohnt in Casentino dort,
Another lives over in Casentino,
Der nächste lebt mit mir am selben Ort,
The next with me in my own town,
Und wieder einen hab’ ich in Magione,
And I’ve yet another in Magione,
Vier in La Fratta, zehn in Castiglione.
Four in La Fratta, ten in Castiglione.
Composer
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was born on 13 March 1860, the fourth of six surviving children, in Windischgraz, Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was taught the piano and violin by his father at an early age and continued to study piano at the…
Poet
Paul Heyse
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty…