I have an old aunt

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by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich hab' eine alte Muhme

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Ich hab' eine alte Muhme,
Die ein altes Büchlein hat,
Es liegt in dem alten Buche
Ein altes, dürres Blatt.

So dürr sind wohl auch die Hände,
Die einst im Lenz ihr's gepflückt. --
Was mag doch die Alte haben?
Sie weint, so oft sie's erblickt? --

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Anastasius Grün, Vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 34.

Text Authorship:

by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, "Das Blatt im Buche", appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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I have an old aunt

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I have an old aunt,
Who has a small, old book,
In the old book there lies
An old, dried leaf.

The hand that once picked it for her in springtime
Is likely just as dry already. --
Whatever could be amiss with the old woman?
She weeps whenever she sees it? --

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Translations of title(s):
"Das Blatt im Buche" = "The leaf in the book"
"Ich hab' eine alte Muhme" = "I have an old aunt"
"Ich hatte eine alte Muhme" = "I had an old aunt"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, "Das Blatt im Buche", appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9
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