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Ach, wie brenn' ich vor Verlangen, Galathea, schönes Kind, Dir zu küssen deine Wangen, weil sie so entzückend sind. Wonne die mir widerfahre, Galathea, schönes Kind, Dir zu küssen deine Haare, weil sie so verlockend sind. Nimmer wehr mir, bis ich ende, Galathea, schönes Kind, Dir zu küssen deine Hände, weil sie so verlockend sind. Ach, du ahnst nicht, wie ich glühe, Galathea, schönes Kind, Dir zu küssen deine Knie, weil sie so verlockend sind. Und was tät ich nicht, du süße Galathea, schönes Kind, Dir zu küssen deine Füße, weil sie so verlockend sind. Aber deinen Mund enthülle, Mädchen, meinen Küssen nie, Denn in seiner Reize Fülle küsst ihn nur die Phantasie.
Text Authorship:
- by Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918) [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Galathea", 1901, from Brettl-Lieder, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Martha Elliott) , "Galathea", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Galathea", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Galathée", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Galatėja", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Pilar Lirio
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 113
Ah, je brûle du désir, Galathée, belle enfant, de baiser tes joues qui sont si ravissantes. Quel ravissement s'il m'advenait, Galathée, belle enfant, de baiser tes cheveux qui sont si attirants. Ne m'empêche jamais, jusqu'à ma mort, Galathée, belle enfant, de baiser tes mains qui sont si attirantes. Ah, tu n'as idée combien je brûle, Galathée, belle enfant, de baiser tes genoux qui sont si attirants. Et que ne ferais-je pas, toi douce Galathée, belle enfant, pour baiser tes pieds qui sont si attirants. Mais ta bouche ne recevra jamais, jeune fille, mes baisers, car la plénitude de son charme est baisé seulement dans l'imagination.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918)
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 105