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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval

Was machst du mir
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ITA LIT
Was machst du mir
Vor Liebchens Tür,
Kathrinchen, hier
Bei frühem Tagesblicke?
Lass, lass es sein!
Er lässt dich ein
Als Mädchen ein,
Als Mädchen nicht zurücke. 

Nehmt euch in Acht
Ist es vollbracht,
Dann gute Nacht,
Ihr [armen, armen]1 Dinger!
Habt ihr euch lieb,
Tut keinem Dieb
Nur nichts zu lieb,
Als mit dem Ring am Finger.

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1 Lenz: "armen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I), Mephistopheles, singing with a zither

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

  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ma cosa fai", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 59

Maintenant chantons à cette belle ‑ Devant la maison
 (Sung text for setting by H. Berlioz)
 See original
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Devant la maison
De celui qui t'adore,
Petite Lison,
Que fais-tu, dès l'aurore?

Au signal du plaisir,
Dans la chambre du drille,
Tu peux bien entrer fille,
Mais non fille en sortir.

Il te tend les bras,
Près de lui tu cours vite,
Bonne nuit, hélas!
Ma petite, bonne nuit

Près du moment fatal
Fait grande résistance,
S'il ne t'offre d'avance, 
Un anneau conjugal!
Note: Berlioz, op. 24 begins
Maintenant chantons à cette belle
une chanson morale
pour la perdre plus sûrement.

Composition:

    Set to music by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), "Maintenant chantons à cette belle - Devant la maison", op. 24 no. ? (1845-6), first performed 1846 [ soprano and orchestra or piano ], from opera La damnation de Faust

Text Authorship:

  • by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, no title, appears in Le Faust de Goethe, part two

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I), Mephistopheles, singing with a zither
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 69

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