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Schwirrend Tamburin, dich schwing ich, Doch mein Herz ist weit von hier. Tamburin, ach könntst du's wissen, Wie mein Herz von Schmerz zerrissen, Deine Klänge würden müssen Weinen um mein Leid mit mir. Weil das Herz mir will zerspringen, Laß ich hell die Schellen klingen, Die Gedanken zu versingen Aus des Herzens Grunde mir. Schöne Herren, tief im Herzen Fühl ich immer neu die Schmerzen, Wie ein Angstruf ist mein Scherzen, Denn mein Herz ist weit von hier.
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- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Musikantin", appears in Gedichte, in 8. Aus dem Spanischen [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Alvaro Fernandez de Almeida
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 80
Whirring tambourine, I swing you, But my heart is far from here. Tambourine, ah, if you could know How my heart is torn with pain, Your sounds would have to weep With me over my sorrow. Because my heart is bursting, I let the jingles ring out brightly, To sing away the thoughts From the depths of my heart. Handsome men, deep in my heart I feel the pain ever anew, My jesting is like a cry of fear, For my heart is far from here.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslated titles:
"Die Musikantin" = "The musician"
"Tamburinschlägerin" = "Tambourine player"
"Die Tamburinschlägerin" = "The tambourine player"
Notes
Stanza 3, line 2: "jingles" : The metal plates set into the rim of a tambourine
Stanza 4, line 1: Sommer views the last stanza as an answer by the musical instrument. On the score it is marked "Die Gegenrede des Tamburins ist sehr zart vorzutragen" (The response of the tambourine is to be performed very delicately).
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Musikantin", appears in Gedichte, in 8. Aus dem Spanischen
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Alvaro Fernandez de Almeida
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 88