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Du milchjunger Knabe, Wie schaust du mich an? Was haben deine Augen Für eine Frage getan! Alle Ratsherrn in der Stadt Und alle Weisen der Welt Bleiben stumm auf die Frage, Die deine Augen gestellt! Eine Meermuschel liegt Auf dem Schrank meiner Bas': Da halte dein Ohr d'ran, Dann hörst du etwas!
Authorship
- by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Therese", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Von Weibern - Alte Lieder, no. 3, first published 1851 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Therese", op. 86 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1878). [text verified 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Hans Erich Pfitzner, Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer, Hugo Wolf, Robert Fischhof, Christian Sinding, Richard Schweizer, Otto Vrieslander, Franz Philipp, Max Oberleithner.
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "You milk-young boy, why do you look at me so?", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Thérèse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Therese", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 52
Jij grasgroene jongen, Wat kijk je mij aan? Wat zie ik in je ogen Voor een vraag eig’nlijk staan? Alle dekens in de stad En alle wijzen der aard’ Blijven stom bij de vragen Waarmee jouw oog naar mij staart! Wel, een zeeschelp, die ligt Op de kast van mijn nicht: Houd daar maar je oor aan, Dan hoor je ’n bericht!
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2014 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Therese", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Von Weibern - Alte Lieder, no. 3, first published 1851
This text was added to the website: 2014-04-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 62