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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Der Zahn
 (Sung text for setting by C. Loewe)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Viktoria! Viktoria! 
Der kleine weiße Zahn ist da.
Du Mutter! komm, und Groß und Klein
Im Hause! kommt, und kuckt hinein,
Und seht den hellen weißen Schein.  

Der Zahn soll Alexander heißen.
»Du liebes Kind! Gott halt' ihn dir gesund,
Und geb' dir Zähne mehr in deinen kleinen Mund
Und immer was dafür zu beißen!«
Note: "Viktoria" is spelled "Victoria" in Loewe's edition.

Composition:

    Set to music by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Der Zahn"

Text Authorship:

  • by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Motetto, als der erste Zahn durch war"

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

  • ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) , "The tooth", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Lawrence Snyder

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 55

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