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Philint stand jüngst vor [Babets]1 Thür Und klopft', und rief: Ist niemand hier? Ich bin Philint! Laßt mich hinein! -- Sie kam, und sprach: Nein, nein! Er [seufzt', er bat]2 recht jämmerlich. Nein! sagte sie, ich fürchte dich; Es ist schon Nacht, ich bin allein: Philint, es kann nicht sein! Bekümmert [wollt']3 er wieder gehn: Da hört' er schnell den Schlüssel drehn: Er hört: Auf einen Augenblick! Doch geh' auch gleich zurück! Die Nachbarn plagt die Neugier sehr: Sie warteten der Wiederkehr; Er kam auch, doch erst Morgens früh. Ey, ey! wie lachten sie!
G. Benda sets stanzas 1, 3, 2, 4
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Kleine Lyrische Gedicte von C. F. Weiße, Carlsruhe, bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1778, p. 148.
1 Haydn: "Babetts"2 Haydn, Himmel: "seufzt' und bat"
3 Haydn: "will"
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804), "Eine sehr gewöhnliche Geschichte" [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):
- by Georg (Jiři Antonín) Benda (1722 - 1795), "Philint stand jüngst vor Babets Tür", published 1780-7, stanzas 1,3,2,4, in Sammlung vermischter Clavier- und Singstücke [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Eine sehr gewöhnliche Geschichte", Hob. XXVIa no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765 - 1814), "Und er hielt Wort" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder: Zweite Sammlung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Marie-Claire Delay) , "Une histoire très ordinaire", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Una storia assai comune", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 96
Philinte se tenait récemment devant la porte de Babette Et frappait et appelait : "il n’y a personne ? C’est Philinte ! Laisse-moi entrer ! " Elle vint et dit : "Non, non !" Il soupira et redemanda d’une voix bien triste. "Non", dit-elle, "j’ai peur de toi ; C'est déjà la nuit, je suis seule : Philinte, c’est impossible ! " Attristé il veut passer son chemin, Mais il entend vite tourner la clé ; Il entend : " un instant seulement ! Puis tu partiras très vite ! " La curiosité tourmenta beaucoup les voisins : Ils attendaient son départ ; Il partit d’ailleurs, mais de bon matin. Eh, eh ! Comme ils riaient!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Marie-Claire Delay, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804), "Eine sehr gewöhnliche Geschichte"
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 101