Maiden with the red little mouth | Maiden with the red little mouth

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Mädchen mit dem roten Munde

(Sung text for setting by O. Dresel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA SPA

  Mädchen mit dem roten Mündchen,
Mit den Äuglein süß und klar,
Du mein liebes, kleines Mädchen,
Deiner denk' ich immerdar.

 Lang ist heut der Winterabend,
Und ich möchte bei dir sein,
mit dir schwatzen, mit dir kosen,
Im vertrauten Kämmerlein.

  An die Lippen möcht ich pressen
Deine liebe weiße Hand,
Und mit Thränen sie benetzen,
Deine weiße, liebe Hand.

Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 137.

Composition:

Otto Dresel

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 50

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Maiden with the red little mouth", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Fanciulla dalla boccuccia rossa", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Niña de la boquita roja", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Maiden with the red little mouth

(Sung text translation for setting by O. Dresel)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Maiden with the red little mouth,
 with eyes sweet and clear:
 You are my dear little maiden -
 I think of you all the time.
 
 The winter evening drags tonight,
 and I would be with you,
 to sit by you and chat
 in a cosy little room.
 
 I would like to press to my lips
 your small white hand,
 and moisten it with my tears,
 your small white hand.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 69