Spar die Schwänke | Spar die Schwänke, Zwang wie Ränke

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation Singable translation by Georg Pertz (1830 - 1870)

Cease your funning

Language: English

Cease your funning, force or cunning,
Never shall my heart trepan;
All these sallies are but malice
To seduce my constant man.
'Tis most certain by their flirting
Women oft have envy shown,
Pleas'd to ruin other's wooing
Never happy with their own.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Cease your funning", WoO. 156 (12 Scottish Songs) no. 5, G. 227 no. 5, published 1816/7 [ vocal trio, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Pertz) , "Spar die Schwänke"

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2006-06-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Spar die Schwänke

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Spar die Schwänke, Zwang wie Ränke,
Nichts von allem ficht mich an;
Deine Stiche sind nur Schliche,
Zu verführen meinen Mann.
Bei Koketten läßt sich wetten,
Daß aus Neid sie Zwietracht streun,
Die wie diebe fremde Liebe
Stehen, nie sich eigner freun.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Georg Pertz (1830 - 1870), "Spar die Schwänke" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
- Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

[ None yet in the database ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2006-06-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 42