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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Spiel ich wo zum Tanze auf
 (Sung text for setting by Y. Kilpinen)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Spiel ich wo zum Tanze auf,
lass ich meine Blicke schweifen,
wenn die Hände weich in Moll
flüsternde Accorde greifen.

Manches Dirnlein wird verzagt,
schlägt verschämt die Augen nieder,
und das junge Herzchen klopft
schneller unterm roten Mieder.

Ladet dann der Sternenglanz
nächtlich zu verschwieg'nem Kosen,
ist die schönste Dirne mein
hinter Dorn und Heckenrosen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Spiel ich wo zum Tanze auf", op. 77 no. 3 (1932-3), from Spielmannslieder, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), no title, appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Schweifen, o Schweifen!, in Vagus Scholasticus, no. 4

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

  • ENG English (Alexander K. Puhrer) , "When I play for a dance", copyright ©, (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: 12
Word count: 56

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