by
Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Ein Liebchen hatt ich, das auf einem...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE ITA
Ein Liebchen hatt ich, das auf einem Aug'schielte;
Weil sie mir schön schien, schien ihr Schielen auch Schönheit.
Eins hatt ich, das beim Sprechen mit der Zung anstieß,
Mir war's kein Anstoß, stieß sie an und sprach: Liebster!
Jetzt hab ich eines, das auf einem Fuß hinket
Ja freilich, sprech ich, hinkt sie, doch sie hinkt zierlich.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert, Gesammelte Gedichte, Dritter Band, Erlangen, Carl Heyder, 1837, page 179.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Limping feet", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Giambi zoppicanti", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 6
Word count: 57
Limping feet
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
A lover had I, who squinted in one eye;
Because she seemed pretty to me, her squinting also seemed beauty.
One I had, that stumbled with her tongue when speaking;
That was no stumble for me, if as she stumbled she said 'beloved'!
Now I have one, who limps on one foot;
Yes freely I admit she limps -- but she limps daintily!
Note: the title is a pun on the 'limping' iambics of the poem, with too many 'feet'
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