How ravishing you are | How ravishing you always are on Monday morning

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wie reizend bist du Montag Morgens immer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wie reizend bist du Montag Morgens immer,
Allein viel schöner noch den Dienstag drauf.
Mittwochs umfließt dich königlicher Schimmer,
Und Donnerstags gehst du als Stern mir auf.
Am Freitag schlägst du ganz mein Herz in Trümmer
Und baust es Samstags schöner wieder auf.
Am Sonntag dann, wenn wir im Putz dich sehn,
Bist du nun gar zum Närrischwerden schön.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 5.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Wie reizend bist du", 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "How ravishing you are", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 59

How ravishing you are

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How ravishing you always are on Monday morning,
And much more beautiful yet on the Tuesday following.
On Wednesday you are engulfed with a royal glow,
And Thursday you rise like a star for me.
On Friday you shatter my heart into fragments
And build it up again more beautifully on Saturday.
On Sunday then, when we see you in your finery,
You are beautiful enough to drive one mad.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 5
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 70