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Es saß ein Salamander Auf einem kühlen Stein, da warf ein böses Mädchen Ins Feuer ihn hinein. Sie meint', er soll verbrennen, Ihm ward erst wohl zu Mut, wohl wie mir kühlem Teufel Die heiße Liebe tut.
Authorship
- by Karl von Lemcke (1831 - 1913), "Salamander", appears in Lieder und Gedichte, in 6. Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1861 [author's text not yet checked 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), "Salamander", op. 107 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 (1888), published 1888 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Salamander", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "La salamandre", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Salamander", 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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Er zat een salamander Eens op een koele steen, Toen wierp een hart'loos meisje In ‘t vuur hem heel gemeen. Zij dacht: hij zal verbranden, Maar ’t gaf hem juist veel moed, Zoals mij, koele duivel, De hete liefde doet.
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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 Karl von Lemcke (1831 - 1913), "Salamander", appears in Lieder und Gedichte, in 6. Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1861
This text was added to the website: 2014-09-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 40