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by Marie-Justine Favart (1727 - 1772)
Translation by Johann André (1741 - 1799)

Romanze
 (Sung text for setting by L. Berger)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
In einem Tal, bei einem Bach,
da flog ein bunter Schmetterling;
ein Mädchen, das ihn gerne fing,
das lief dem bunten Tierchen nach.

Es lief dem bunten Tierchen nach;
doch unversehn's blieb im Gesträuch
sein Fuß verwickelt, und sogleich
fiel's arme Mädchen in den Bach!

Das arme Mädchen fiel in'n Bach
und schrie; gleich lief auf sein Geschrei
ein hübscher wackrer Bursch herbei,
der zog es eiligst aus dem Bach.

Er zog es eiligst aus dem Bach!
Das Mädchen nahm, aus Dankbarkeit,
ihn mit nach Haus und seit der Zeit
läuft's keinem Schmetterling mehr nach!

Composition:

    Set to music by (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Romanze", op. 17 no. 2, published 1825 [ voice and piano ], from Neun deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin: bei Fr. Laue; confirmed with this edition

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann André (1741 - 1799), no title [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Marie-Justine Favart (1727 - 1772), no title, appears in Les Ensorcelés, ou Jeannot et Jeannette. Parodie, first published 1758
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95

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