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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Bitt' ihn, o Mutter, bitte den Knaben
 (Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Bitt' ihn, o Mutter,
Bitte den Knaben,
Nicht mehr zu zielen,
Weil er mich tödtet.

Mutter, o Mutter,
Die launische Liebe
Höhnt und versöhnt mich,
Flieht mich und zieht mich. 
Ich sah zwei Augen
Am letzten Sonntag,
Wunder des Himmels,
Unheil der Erde. 
Was man sagt, o Mutter,
Von Basilisken,
Erfuhr mein Herze, 
Da ich sie sah. 
Bitt' ihn, o Mutter,
Bitte den Knaben,
Nicht mehr zu zielen,
Weil er mich tödtet.
Note: Heyse translated lines 1-20 of the original text to German.

Composition:

    Set to music by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Bitt' ihn, o Mutter, bitte den Knaben", 1889-90, from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 16

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 30 [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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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 © 2014, (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: 2003-11-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 73

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