by
Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
Ich esse nun mein Brod nicht trocken...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE
Ich esse nun mein Brod nicht trocken mehr,
Ein Dorn ist mir im Fuße stecken blieben.
Umsonst nach rechts und links blick' ich umher,
Und Keinen find' ich, der mich möchte lieben.
Wenn's doch auch nur ein altes Männlein wäre,
Das mir erzeigt' ein wenig Lieb' und Ehre.
Ich meine nämlich, so ein wohlgestalter,
Ehrbarer Greis, etwa von meinem Alter.
Ich meine, um mich ganz zu offenbaren,
Ein altes Männlein so von vierzehn Jahren.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 49.
Heyse's note to line 1: "Nämlich, mit Thränen befeuchtet."
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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 do not eat my bread dry anymore", 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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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2003-12-30
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I do not eat my bread dry anymore
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I do not eat my bread dry anymore;
A thorn remains stuck in my foot.
In vain, I look around to the right and left
And find no one who might love me.
If only there might be an old, little man
Who showed me a little love and respect.
I mean, of course, a well-built,
Respectable old man, of about my age.
I mean, to be quite frank,
A little old man of about fourteen.
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