Die Frauen sind oft fromm und still, wo...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Die Frauen sind oft fromm und still, wo wir ungebärdig toben,
Und [wann sich eine Stärken will, dann blickt sie stumm nach oben.
Ihr' Kraft und Stärke ist gering, ein Lüftchen kann sie knicken,
Doch ist's ein eignes, starkes Ding, wenn sie gen Himmel blicken.
Oft hab' ich selbst mit aufgesehn, sah die Mutter so nach oben:
Ich sah nur graue Wolken gehn und blaue Luft da droben:
Sie aber, wenn sie niedersah, war voller Kraft und Hoffen: -- --
Mir ist, die Frauen hie und da sehn noch den Himmel offen.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
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Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 72.
1 Strauss: "wenn"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les dones són sovint pietoses i silents", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De vrouwen zijn vaak braaf en stil", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- 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
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 90
Le donne sono spesso pie e silenziose,...
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)
Le donne sono spesso pie e silenziose, ove noi tempestiamo ribelli,
se una di loro ha bisogno di forza, guarda in alto in silenzio.
Il loro corpo è debole, un soffio può piegarle,
ma quando guardano il cielo è una cosa particolare, piena di forza.
Spesso con meraviglia ho visto mia madre rivolta verso l'alto,
dove io vedevo solo passare nuvole grigie ed aria azzurra,
ma lei, quando tornava a guardarmi, era piena di forza e di speranza,
mi sembra che le donne qualche volta vedano davvero il cielo.
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Line count: 8
Word count: 89
