Cançó de Lulú | Quan els homes han matat per culpa meva

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by Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918)

Translation © by Manuel Capdevila i Font

Lied der Lulu: Comodo

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE

Wenn sich die Menschen um meinetwillen umgebracht haben,
so setzt das meinen Wert nicht herab.
Du hast so gut gewußt, weswegen du mich zur Frau nahmst, 
wie ich gewußt habe, weswegen ich dich zum Mann nahm.
Du hattest deine besten Freunde mit mir betrogen,
du konntest nicht gut auch noch dich selber mit mir betrügen.
Wenn du mir deinen Lebensabend zum Opfer bringst, 
so hast du meine ganze Jugend dafür gehabt.
Ich habe nie in der Welt etwas anderes scheinen wollen, 
als wofür man mich genommen hat. 
Und man hat mich nie in der Welt für etwas anderes genommen, 
als was ich bin.

Text Authorship:

by Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918) [author's text not yet checked 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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Lied der Lulu: Comodo", 1934 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Lulu-Symphonie, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Cançó de Lulú", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Samuel Atkins Eliot) , first published 1918
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 103

Cançó de Lulú

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Quan els homes han matat per culpa meva,
això no fa baixar la meva reputació.
Tu has sabut molt bé perquè em vas pendre per muller,
com jo també he sabut perquè et vaig prendre per marit.
Trobares amb mi els teus millors amics,
Tu mateix no podies enganyar-te amb mi.
Si sacrifiques per mi la teva vellesa,
has tingut en canvi tota la meva joventut
En el món mai no he volgut semblar quelcom diferent 
del que m'han pres.
I en el món mai m'han pres per algú diferent
del que sóc.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 93