English translation of Das Zigeunerkind

by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Das Zigeunerkind", op. 107 no. 40, published c1883 [ voice and piano ], from Frühlingsstimmen: Neue Liederspende für die Jugend, no. 40, Dresden: L. Hoffarth

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Jeden Morgen, in der Frühe,
Wenn mich weckt des Tages Licht,
Mit dem Wasser meiner Augen
Wasch' ich dann mein Angesicht.

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Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Berlin, Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz, 1852, page 211.


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Wo die Berge hoch sich türmen
An dem Saum des Himmels dort,
Aus dem Haus, dem schönen Garten,
Trugen sie bei Nacht mich fort.

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Author(s): Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), Anonymous/Unidentified Artist 
Every morning, early,
when the day's light awakens me,
with the water from my eyes
I wash my face.

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Translation of title "Zigeunerliedchen II" = "Gypsy song II"


Where the mountains tower high
on the edge of Heaven there,
from that house, the fair garden,
they carried me off by night.

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