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Abend's da sah ich das Kalabresinnchen:
Stille, gar stille vom Bächelchen kam sie,
Kalabresinnchen,
niedlich Kindchen!
Kalabresinnchen,
Kalabresinnchen, niedlich Kindchen!
Und zu ihr sagt' ich: ach, Kalabresinnchen!
Reicht mir ein Schlückchen, ein Schlückchen vom Wasser?
Kalabresinnchen,
niedlich Kindchen!
Kalabresinnchen,
Kalabresinnchen, niedlich Kindchen!
Und sie erwiederte artig und fein mir:
Nicht nur das Wasser -- mich selber, mich selber!
Kalabresinnchen,
niedlich Kindchen!
Kalabresinnchen,
Kalabresinnchen, niedlich Kindchen!
Composition:
- Set to music by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Die kleine Calabreserin", alternate title: "Die kleine Kalabresinn", op. 131 (Sieben Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 4, published 1838 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Dresden, Paul
Text Authorship:
- by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Die kleine Kalabresin", subtitle: "(Kalabrien)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La Calavreslla", subtitle: "(Calabria.)", Sicilian folk poem
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "(Calabria)", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-13
Line count: 18
Word count: 80
I saw the little Calabrian in the evening:
Quietly, very quietly she came from the brooklet,
Little Calabrian,
Adorable child!
Little Calabrian,
Little Calabrian, adorable child!
And I said to her: ah, little Calabrian!
Would you pass to me a little sip, a little sip of water?
Little Calabrian,
Adorable child!
Little Calabrian,
Little Calabrian, adorable child!
And, politely and prettily, she replied to me:
Not only would I give you the water – but myself, myself!
Little Calabrian,
Adorable child!
Little Calabrian,
Little Calabrian, adorable child!
Subtitle: "(Calabria)"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Die kleine Kalabresin", subtitle: "(Kalabrien)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La Calavreslla", subtitle: "(Calabria.)", Sicilian folk poem
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 81