Though you are sometimes out of tune

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Bist du manchmal auch verstimmt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Bist du manchmal auch verstimmt,
  Drück dich zärtlich an mein Herze,
Daß mirs fast den Atem nimmt,
  Streich und kneif in süßem Scherze,
Wie ein rechter Liebestor
  Lehn' ich sanft an dich die Wange,
Und du singst mir fein in's Ohr.
  Wohl im Hofe bei dem Klange
Katze miaut, Hund heult und bellt,
  Nachbar schimpft mit wilder Miene -
Doch was kümmert uns die Welt,
  Süße, traute Violine!

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Confirmed with Joseph von Eichendorff, Sämtliche Gedichte und Versepen, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 2001, page 339.

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Verzückte", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Though you are sometimes out of tune

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Though you are sometimes out of tune
  Press yourself tenderly upon my heart,
So that it almost takes my breath away,
  Caress and pinch in sweet jesting,
Like a man truly crazy with love
  I lean my cheek upon you
And you sing delicately in my ear.
  At the sound, to be sure, out in the yard
The cat meows, the dog howls and barks,
  The neighbour rants and raves with a wild mien -
But what care we for the world,
  Sweet, familiar violin!

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Translations of title(s):
"Der Verzückte" = "The enchanted one"
"Der wandernde Musikant" = "The wandering musician"
"Vertraute Violine" = "Trusted violin"
"Bist du manchmal auch verstimmt" = "Though you are sometimes out of tune"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Verzückte", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-30
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Word count: 86