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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann, daß ich...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann, daß ich Geld und Gut nicht habe,
Sonst spannt' ich gleich vier Schimmel an und führ' zu dir im Trabe.
Ich putzte sie mit Schellen aus, daß du mich hörtest von weitem,
Ich steckt' ein großen Rosenstrauß an meine linke Seiten.
Und käm' ich an dein kleines Haus, thät' ich mit der Peitsche schlagen:
Da gucktest du zum Fenster 'naus: "Was willst du?" thätst du fragen.
"Was soll der großen Rosenstrauß, die Schimmel an dem Wagen?"
"Dich will ich," rief' ich, "komm heraus!" Da thätst du nimmer fragen.
"Nun, Vater, Mutter, seht sie an und küßt sie rasch zum Scheiden,
Weil ich nicht lange warten kann, meine Schimmel wollen's nicht leiden."

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Strauss 

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Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 69.


Text Authorship:

  • by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 16 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann", op. 21 no. 4 (1887-1888), published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Schlichte Weisen, no. 4, München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Ah woe is me, unhappy man!", first published 1897
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2005, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 119

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