Baroness Colombine is so petite and feminine

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by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

An die Baronin Colombine

(Sung text for setting by P. Graener)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Baronin Colombine ist so zierlich und zart.
Ich zupf' die Mandoline -- leider noch keinen Bart.

Baronin Colombine, nimm Dich in Acht:
Auf meiner Mandoline sind Funken erwacht.

Baronin Colombine, lach' nicht so laut,
Wie's meiner Mandoline vor Deinem Lachen graut.

Baronin Colombine, du nahmst mir meine Ruh'.
Ins Wasser die Mandoline -- und mich dazu!

Notes provided by Laura Prichard: Columbine [Italian Colombina] is an adroit servant girl character who originated about 1530 in Italian commedia dell’arte (but was rarely masked); her Italian name means “Little Dove.” In French theater, the character became a saucy lady’s maid who scorned the advances of Harlequin and Pierrot.

Composition:

Paul Hermann Franz Graener

Text Authorship:

by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942), "Zueignung. An die Baronin Colombine", appears in Verse (1892-1896), in Pierrot. Ein Mysterium (Winter 1893)

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Baroness Colombine is so petite and...

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Graener)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Baroness Colombine is so petite and feminine;
I pluck my mandolin, but unfortunately I can’t grow a beard yet!

Baroness Colombine, take care:
From my mandolin sparks are beginning to fly.

Baroness Colombine, don’t laugh so loud!
My mandolin is so terrified of your laughter!

Baroness Colombine, you tried to take away my peace.
Into the water with the mandolin and the same with me!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942), "Zueignung. An die Baronin Colombine", appears in Verse (1892-1896), in Pierrot. Ein Mysterium (Winter 1893)
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