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by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)
Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Cabezita, cabezita
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Cabezita, cabezita,
tente en ti, no te resbales,
y apareja dos puntales
de la paciencia bendita;
solicita
la bonita
confianzita;
no te inclines
a pensamientos ruynes;
veras cosas,
que toquen en milagrosas;
Dios delante,
y san Christoual gigante.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616), appears in La gitanilla [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , "Preciosa's Sprüchlein gegen Kopfweh", appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 90 ; composed by Peter Cornelius, Ferdinand von Hiller, Julius Hermann Krigar, Hugo Wolf.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 38

Köpfchen, Köpfchen, nicht gewimmert
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Köpfchen, Köpfchen, nicht gewimmert,
Halt dich wacker, halt dich munter,
Stütz' zwei gute Säulchen unter,
Heilsam aus Geduld gezimmert!
Hoffnung schimmert,
Wie sich's auch verschlimmert
Und dich kümmert.
Mußt mit Grämen 
Dir nur nichts zu Herzen nehmen,
Ja kein Märchen,
Daß zu Berg dir stehn die Härchen;
Da sei Gott davor
Und der Riese Christophor!

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•   H. Wolf 

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Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1904, page 158.


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), "Preciosa's Sprüchlein gegen Kopfweh", appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 90 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616), appears in La gitanilla
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Preziosas Sprüchlein gegen Kopfweh", 1854-55 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Preziosas Sprüchlein gegen Kopfweh", op. 100 (Neue Gesänge für eine Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 12, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Cotta [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Hermann Krigar (1819 - 1880), "Preciosa's Sprüchlein gegen Kopfweh", op. 26 (Spanische Lieder übertr. v. Paul Heyse) no. 2, published 1866 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Köpfchen, Köpfchen, nicht gewimmert", from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 55

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