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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Translation © by Lawrence Snyder

Viktoria! Viktoria!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Viktoria! Viktoria! 
Der kleine weiße Zahn ist da.
Du Mutter! komm, und Groß und Klein
Im Hause! kommt, und kuckt hinein,
Und seht den hellen weißen Schein.  

Der Zahn soll Alexander heißen.
»Du liebes Kind! Gott halt' ihn dir gesund,
Und geb' dir Zähne mehr in deinen kleinen Mund
Und immer was dafür zu beißen!«

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Matthias Claudius Werke. Erster Band, Original-Ausgabe, Gotha, Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1865, pages 80-81.

Note: "Viktoria" is spelled "Victoria" in Loewe's edition.

Text Authorship:

by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Motetto, als der erste Zahn durch war" [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Der Zahn" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) , "The tooth", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Lawrence Snyder

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 55

The tooth

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Victoria! Victoria! 
The little white tooth has come!
Mother! come! Everyone in the house
Large and small! come and peer in
And see the bright, white shine!

The tooth shall be called Alexander.
"Dear child! May God keep it healthy for you,
And give you more teeth in your tiny mouth,
As well as plenty to chew with them!"

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Lawrence Snyder, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Motetto, als der erste Zahn durch war"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 59