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Jeden Abend um diese Zeit Zieh ich an ein lila Kleid, Gelbe Strümpfe, lila Schuh, Ach, mein Spiegel [allein]1 sieht zu. [Backen und Lippen]2 färb ich rot, Und nun tanz ich auf Leben und Tod. Wenn in den Jubel der Vorhang fällt, Bin ich die Königin der Welt. Aber morgens um diese Zeit Zieh ich an ein graues Kleid, Und ich habe dann oft die Nacht Tief in Tränen zugebracht. Seit er mich verlassen hat, Irr ich so von Stadt zu Stadt, Und das [goldene]3 Sonnenlicht Leuchtet auf ein blaß Gesicht. Aber [abends]4 um diese Zeit Trage ich mein lila Kleid, Lach ich im erhellten Haus Alle die Mannerblicke aus. [Schwenk ich wie keine mein schönes Bein In den Menschenraum hinein, Glühen meine Lippen rot, Tanz ich über Leben und Tod.]5
Confirmed with Emanuel von Bodman, Früher Mond. Gedichte, herausgegeben von Walter Rügert, Frauenfeld Stuttgart Wien: Verlag Huber, 2002, page 29.
1 Brüll: "nur"2 Brüll: "Lippen und Backen"
3 Brüll: "gold'ne"
4 Brüll: "morgen"
5 Brüll:
Lippen und Backen glühen rot, Und ich tanz' auf Leben und Tod. Wenn in den Jubel der Vorhang fällt, Bin ich die Königin der Welt.
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel, Freiherr von Bodman (1874 - 1946), "Die Tänzerin", appears in Früher Mond. Gedichte, in Die Pfauenfeder (1894-1919), no. 5 [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 Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Die Tänzerin" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "Die Tänzerin", op. 19 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The dancer", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-11-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 136
Every evening around this time I put on a purple dress, Yellow stockings, purple shoes, Ah, only my mirror watches the while. My cheeks and lips I colour red, And now I shall dance as if it were a matter of life and death. When then the curtain falls to the sound of cheering, I am the queen of the world. But in the morning around this time I put on a grey dress, And I have often then spent The night deep in tears. Since he left me I stray about thus from city to city, And the golden sunlight Shines upon a pale face. But in the evening around this time I wear my purple dress, In the brightly-lit house I laugh at all the gazes of men. Like no other I swing my lovely legs Out into the room full of people, My lips glow redly, I dance above life and death.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel, Freiherr von Bodman (1874 - 1946), "Die Tänzerin", appears in Früher Mond. Gedichte, in Die Pfauenfeder (1894-1919), no. 5
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 155