Dieu sait où cette folle

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Das weiß Gott, wo sich die tolle

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Das weiß Gott, wo sich die tolle
Dirne einquartieret hat;
Fluchend, in dem Regenwetter,
Lauf ich durch die ganze Stadt.

Bin ich doch von einem Gasthof
Nach dem andern hingerannt,
Und an jeden groben Kellner
Hab ich mich umsonst gewandt.

Da erblick ich sie am Fenster,
Und sie winkt und kichert hell.
Könnt ich wissen, du bewohntest,
Mädchen, solches Prachthotel!

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Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 70 [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 Norbert Linke (b. 1933), "Das weiß Gott, wo sich die tolle Dirne", published 1959 [ male voice and piano ], from Sechs Heine-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Das weiß Gott, wo sich die tolle Dirne", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 70 [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation possibly by Vil'gelm Veniaminovich Levik (1907 - 1982); composed by Valery Aleksandrovich Gavrilin.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

Dieu sait où cette folle

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

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Dieu sait où cette folle
Fille s'est logée;
En jurant, par un temps pluvieux,
J'ai couru toute la ville.

Je suis bien allé
D'une auberge à l'autre,
Et à chaque grossier garçon
Je me suis adressé en vain.

Soudain je l'aperçois à sa fenêtre,
Elle fait un signe et éclate de rire.
Pouvais-je savoir que tu habitais,
Ma fille, un si splendide hôtel!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 70
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 63