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An dem Feuer saß das Kind
Amor, Amor
Und war blind;
Mit dem kleinen Flügel fächelt
In die Flammen er und lächelt,
Fächelt, lächelt schlaues Kind!
Ach, der Flügel brennt dem Kind,
Amor, Amor
Läuft geschwind!
"O wie ihn die Glut durchpeinet!"
Flügelschlagend laut er weinet,
In der Hirtin Schoß entrinnt
Hülfeschreiend das schlaue Kind.
Und die Hirtin hilft dem Kind
Amor, Amor
Bös und blind.
Hirtin, sieh, dein Herz entbrennet,
Hast den Schelmen nicht gekennet?
Sieh, die Flamme wächst geschwinde.
Hüt dich vor dem schlauen Kind!
Fächle, lächle, schlaues Kind!
Composition:
- Set to music by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Amor", op. 68 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 5 (1918)
Score: IMSLP [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Aloys und Imelde
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cupido", 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 (John Glenn Paton) , "Cupid", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , "Cupid", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Amour", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Amore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Aan het haardvuur zat het kind Amor, Amor, En ‘t was blind; Met zijn kleine vleugels wuift het Óp de vlammengloed en gnuift het, wuift het, gnuift het, listig kind. Ach, zijn vleugel brandt het kind! Amor, Amor Loopt gezwind! ‘O, het branden doet zo zeer mij!’ Vleugels klappend huilt en schreeuwt hij; Naar de herderin toe sprint ‘Help me’ roepend het sluwe kind. En het meisje helpt het kind, Amor, Amor, Stout en blind. Meisje, ‘k zie je hart ontbranden, Ja, de schelm heeft jou in handen. Zie, de vlam, zij groeit en spint. Pas op voor het sluwe kind! Wuif maar, gnuif maar, listig kind!
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2018 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Aloys und Imelde
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This text was added to the website: 2018-11-29
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