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Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann, daß ich Geld und Gut nicht habe, Sonst spannt' ich gleich vier Schimmel an und führ' zu dir im Trabe. Ich putzte sie mit Schellen aus, daß du mich [hörtest]1 von weitem, Ich steckt' [ein]2 großen Rosenstrauß an meine linke Seiten. Und käm' ich an dein kleines Haus, thät' ich mit der Peitsche schlagen: Da gucktest du zum Fenster 'naus: "Was willst du?" thätst du fragen. "Was soll der großen Rosenstrauß, die Schimmel an dem Wagen?["] "Dich will ich," rief' ich, "komm heraus!" Da thätst du nimmer fragen. "Nun, Vater, Mutter, seht sie an und küßt sie rasch zum Scheiden, Weil ich nicht lange warten kann, meine Schimmel [wollen's]3 nicht leiden."
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 69.
1 Strauss: "hört'st"2 Strauss: "ein'n"
3 Strauss: "wolln's"
Text Authorship:
- by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 16 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann", op. 21 no. 4 (1887-1888), published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Schlichte Weisen, no. 4, München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Ah woe is me, unhappy man!", first published 1897
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Ach, wee mij ongelukk’ge man, dat ik heb noch goed noch have. Vier schimmels tuigd’ ik anders aan, en naar jou toe liet ik hen draven. Met bellen sierd’ ik ieder ros, [dat je mij van]1 ver hoort rijden; Ik stak een grote rozenbos hier aan mijn linker zijde. En als ik bij jouw huis aankwam, dan liet ik de zweep luid knallen, Dan zou jij kijken uit het raam: wat wil je? hoorden allen. Wat moet die grote rozensier, die schimmels voor de wagen? Jou wil ik! riep ik, Kom maar hier! Je zou ’t dan nooit mee vragen. Nu, vader, moeder, kijk haar aan en kus haar vlug voor ’t scheiden, Daar ik niet heel lang wachten kan, want mijn schimmels willen rijden.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann" = "Ach, wee mij ongelukk’ge man"
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2018 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 16
This text was added to the website: 2018-09-30
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Word count: 126