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An dem Feuer saß das Kind
Amor, Amor
Und war blind;
Mit dem kleinen Flügel fächelt
In die [Flamme]1 er und lächelt,
[Fächle, lächle,]2 schlaues Kind!
Ach, der Flügel brennt dem Kind,
Amor, Amor
Läuft geschwind!
"O wie [mich]3 die Glut durchpeinet!"
Flügelschlagend laut er weinet,
In der Hirtin Schoß entrinnt
Hülfeschreiend das schlaue Kind.
Und die Hirtin hilft dem Kind
Amor, Amor
Bös und blind.
Hirtin, sieh, dein Herz entbrennet,
Hast den [Schelm du]4 nicht gekennet?
Sieh, die Flamme wächst [geschwind]5.
Hüt dich vor dem schlauen Kind!6
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Clemens Brentano, Gedichte, Classics To Go, Otbebookpublishing.
1 Strauss: "Flammen"2 Strauss: "Fächelt, lächelt"
3 Strauss: "ihn" (this line not in quotes)
4 Strauss: "Schelmen"
5 Strauss: "geschwinde"
6 Strauss adds "Fächle, lächle, schlaues Kind!"
Text Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Aloys und Imelde [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Amor", op. 68 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 5 (1918)
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cupido", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Cupid", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , "Cupid", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Amour", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Amore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 95
L'enfant était assis auprès du feu Amour, Amour Et était aveugle; De ses petites ailes il évente Les flammes et il sourit, Évente, souris malicieux enfant. Ah, l'aile de l'enfant brûle! Amour, Amour Court rapidement! "Ô comme la braise me fait mal!" Il pleure fort en battant des ailes; Il disparaît dans le giron de la bergère En appelant à l'aide, le malicieux enfant. Et la bergère aide l'enfant, Amour, Amour Méchant et aveugle. Vois, bergère, ton coeur s'enflamme, N'as-tu pas reconnu le coquin. Vois, les flammes montent vite. Protège-toi du malicieux enfant!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Aloys und Imelde
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 93