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Da sitz' ich einsam am Herde, Und schau' in der Flammen Schein! Lieb Mütterlein unter der Erde, Du doch gedenkest mein! Und bin ich verachtet von Allen, Ist Hohn und Spott nur mein Lohn: Hab doch am besten gefallen Dem schönen Königssohn! Mein Spieglein, kannst nicht lügen, Du weißt es treu und wahr; Mein Spieglein, kannst nicht trügen, Du weißt, wie gülden mein Haar! Ihr Täublein all, geschwinde Heran drum groß und klein, Und helft mir wie im Winde Mit euern Schnäbelein! Bald wird das Bäumlein geben Mir wieder das schmucke Kleid; Wie will dahin ich schweben Im funkelnden Geschmeid! Muß doch am besten gefallen Dem schönen Königssohn: Mich Arme wählt er vor Allen Zu sitzen auf seinem Thron!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 368.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Aschenbrödel", appears in Liederbuch, in 6. Romanzen, no. 391 [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Aschenbrödel" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Cinderella", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2021-08-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 119
There I sit solitary at the hearth, And gaze into the glow of the flames! Dear mother under the earth, You, at least, are thinking of me! And though I am despised by all, If my sole recompense is scorn and contempt: Yet I have been the favourite Of the handsome son of the king! My little mirror, you cannot lie, You know it truly indeed; My little mirror, you cannot deceive, You know how golden my hair is! All ye doves, large and small, Therefore, come quickly hither, And with your little beaks help me As quickly as the wind! Soon the little tree shall give me The beautiful dress once more; How I shall float along In the sparkling, bejeweled raiment! For I must be the one to please most The handsome son of the king: Before all the others he chooses me, The poor one, to sit upon his throne!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Aschenbrödel", appears in Liederbuch, in 6. Romanzen, no. 391
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 153