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Ich bin einmal etwas hinausspaziert, Da ist mir ein närrisch Ding passiert: Ich sah einen Jäger am Waldeshang, Ritt auf und nieder den See entlang; Viel Hirsche sprangen am Wege dicht; Was tat der Jäger? -- Er schoß sie nicht, Er blies ein Lied in den Wald hinein -- Nun sagt mir, ihr Leut', was soll das sein? Und als ich weiter bin fort spaziert, Ist wieder ein närrisches Ding mir passiert: In kleinem Kahn eine Fischerin Fuhr stets am Waldeshange dahin; Rings sprangen die Fischlein im Abendlicht; Was tat das Mädchen? -- Sie fing sie nicht, Sie sang ein Lied in den Wald hinein -- Nun sagt mir, ihr Leut', was soll das sein? Und als ich wieder zurück spaziert, Da ist mir das närrischste Ding passiert: Ein leeres Pferd mir entgegen kam, Im See ein leerer Nachen schwamm, Und als ich ging an den Erlen vorbei, Was hört' ich drinnen ? -- Da flüsterten Zwei, Und 's war schon spät und Mondenschein -- Nun sagt mir, ihr Leut', was soll das sein?
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichungen seiner Freunde, Neuherausgegeben von Adolf Bothe, München: Verlag Rösl u. Cie, 1919, pages 23-24.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Kuriose Geschichte", appears in Lieder, in Romanzen und Balladen [formerly Bilder], first published 1833 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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I once went out for a little walk, And something odd happened to me: I saw a hunter at the forest edge, Along the lake he rode back and forth; Many deer were leaping close by his path; What did the hunter do? -- He did not shoot them, He trumpeted a song into the forest -- Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean? And as I walked on a bit, Something odd again happened to me: A fisher-maiden in a little boat Sailed continually along the forest edge; All around her the little fish leapt in the evening light; What did the maiden do? -- She did not catch them, She sang a song into the forest -- Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean? And when was I walking back again, The oddest thing happened to me: A riderless horse came toward me, In the lake there floated an empty barque, And as I walked along the alders, What did I hear among them? -- Two people were whispering there, And it was already late and there was moonlight -- Now tell me, you people, what is that supposed to mean?
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Curiose Geschichte" = "Curious story"
"Ich bin einmal etwas hinausspaziert " = "I once went out for a little walk"
"Kuriose Geschichte" = "Curious story"
"Närrisches Ding" = "An odd thing"
"Seltsame Geschichte" = "Unusual story"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Kuriose Geschichte", appears in Lieder, in Romanzen und Balladen [formerly Bilder], first published 1833
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-19
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