Deceived | That she betrayed me

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by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Angeführt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Dass sie mich betrogen 
Und mir vorgezogen 
Einen Andern, ist nichts neues mehr. 
Hätt's vergeben können, 
Sie dem Andern gönnen, 
Wenn's nur nicht ein solcher Trottel wär'.

Meinen Wanderstecken 
Hol' ich aus der Ecken, 
Und mein Riemenschuh ist bald geschnürt. 
Leichtes Bündel trag' ich, 
Aus dem Sinn mir schlag' ich, 
Die mich an der Nase hat geführt.

Klageweib vor'm Spittel 
Sass im grauen Kittel. 
Einen Heller ich der Alten gab. 
"Treulos ward die Meine; 
Klage du und weine,
Weil ich selbst nicht Lust zu weinen hab'."

Confirmed with Rudolf Baumbach Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Vierte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von A.G. Liebeskind, 1882, pages 189-190.

Text Authorship:

by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Angeführt", appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen [author's text checked 1 time 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 Franz Theodor Cursch-Bühren (1859 - 1908), "Angeführt", op. 117 no. 3, published 1895 [ ttbb chorus ], from Drei launige Lieder für Männerchor, no. 3, Leipzig: Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Deceived", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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Deceived

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

That she betrayed me
And preferred another man to me,
That is nothing new any longer.
I could have forgiven it,
Not begrudged her to the other man,
If only he were not such halfwit.

From out of the corner I retrieve
My wandering staff,
And the straps of my sandals are soon done up.
I shall carry a light bundle,
I shall put her out of my mind,
She who led me around by the nose.

A [professional female] wailer sat
Before the asylum in a grey smock.
I gave the old woman a heller.
"My girl became unfaithful;
You lament and weep,
Because I do not feel like crying myself."

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