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Ihr seid die Allerschönste weit und breit

by Hugo Wolf From Italienisches Liederbuch

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Text & Translation

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Ihr seid die Allerschönste weit und breit
German source: Paul Heyse

Ihr seid die Allerschönste weit und breit,
Viel schöner als im Mai der Blumenflor.
Orvietos Dom steigt so voll Herrlichkeit,
Viterbos grösster Brunnen nicht empor.
So hoher Reiz und Zauber ist dein eigen,
Der Dom von Siena muss sich vor dir neigen.
Ach, du bist so an Reiz und Anmut reich,
Der Dom von Siena selbst ist dir nicht gleich.

You are the loveliest for miles around
English translation © Richard Stokes

You are the loveliest for miles around,
More lovely by far than flowers in May.
Not even the Cathedral of Orvieto
Or Viterbo’s largest fountain rise with such majesty.
Your charms and your magic are such
That Siena Cathedral must bow before you.
Ah, you are so rich in charm and grace,
Even Siena Cathedral cannot compare.

Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

Ihr seid die Allerschönste weit und breit
German source: Paul Heyse

You are the loveliest for miles around
English source: Richard Stokes

Ihr seid die Allerschönste weit und breit,
You are the loveliest for miles around,
Viel schöner als im Mai der Blumenflor.
More lovely by far than flowers in May.
Orvietos Dom steigt so voll Herrlichkeit,
Not even the Cathedral of Orvieto
Viterbos grösster Brunnen nicht empor.
Or Viterbo’s largest fountain rise with such majesty.
So hoher Reiz und Zauber ist dein eigen,
Your charms and your magic are such
Der Dom von Siena muss sich vor dir neigen.
That Siena Cathedral must bow before you.
Ach, du bist so an Reiz und Anmut reich,
Ah, you are so rich in charm and grace,
Der Dom von Siena selbst ist dir nicht gleich.
Even Siena Cathedral cannot compare.

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…

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