I am small and have not yet reached the age of ten | I am small and have not yet reached the age of ten

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by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich bin klein und hab' noch nicht zehn Jahre

(Sung text for setting by G. Jenner)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ich bin klein, und hab' noch nicht zehn Jahre, 
Bin geschrieben schon in's Buch der Liebe.
Nahmen mir das Kleid, das schöne, klare, 
Gaben ein braun Kleid mir gar zu trübe;
Dunkles Kleidchen, Gürtelchen von Silber.
So wie meine, gibt's mehr keine Liebe, 
Wären gleich von ihr viel hundert Arten.
Dunkles Kleidchen, Gürtelchen von Silber;
So wie meine, gibt's mehr keine Liebe, 
Wenn von ihr gleich hunderttausend Arten wären.

Composition:

Gustav Jenner

12 Quartette aus dem Toskanischen für 4 Singstimmen (SATB) mit Klavier

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 5

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I am small and have not yet reached the age of ten", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 70

I am small and have not yet reached the age of ten

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Jenner)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I am small and have not yet reached the age of ten,
Am already recorded in the book of love.
They took away my dress, the beautiful, bright one,
Gave me a brown dress, all too dreary;
Dark little dress, a little girdle of silver.
There is no other love like mine,
Though there be many a hundred kinds of it.
Dark little dress, a little girdle of silver;
There is no other love like mine,
Though there be many a hundred thousand kinds of it.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 5
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Tuscan [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2024-04-04
Line count: 10
Word count: 86