Sad tale | I gave my heart to a blonde child

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by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Traurige Mär

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich gab mein Herz einem blonden Kind.
Sie nahm's und lachte.
Ich wußte nicht, wie die Kinder sind,
Ich freute mich und dachte:
"Nun legt sie's zärtlich in den Schrein
Und wird es wahren".
Sie aber warf's in den Tag hinein.
Der Stundenwagen fuhr polternd drein:
Da ward es überfahren.

Confirmed with Richard Schaukal, Tristia. Neue Gedichte aus den Jahren 1897-98, Leipzig, Verlag von P. Friesenhahn, 1898, page 26.

Text Authorship:

by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942), "Traurige Mär", appears in Tristia. Neue Gedichte aus den Jahren 1897-98, in Tristia (Lieder stiller Leiden) [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 Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Traurige Mär", op. 12 (Neun Lieder) no. 9, published 1907 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Woeful tale"
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sad tale", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-16
Line count: 9
Word count: 50

Sad tale

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I gave my heart to a blonde child,
She took it and laughed.
I did not know how children are,
I was happy and thought:
"Now she shall tenderly lay it 
In the shrine and shall cherish it."
But she threw it into the day
The coach of the hours rumbled straight into it:
Then it was run over.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942), "Traurige Mär", appears in Tristia. Neue Gedichte aus den Jahren 1897-98, in Tristia (Lieder stiller Leiden)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-12-17
Line count: 9
Word count: 59