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Sang ein Bettlerpärlein Am Schenkenthor, Zwei geliebte Lippen An meinem Ohr. Schenkin, süße Schenkin, Kredenz dem Paar, Ihren Dürsten biete Die Labung dar! -- Und ich bot sie willig, Doch der böse Mann Biß mir wund die Lippen Und lachte dann: Ritzt der Gast dem Becher Ein Zeichen ein, Heißt's: er ist zu eigen Nur ihm allein.
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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von Paul Heyse. Erster Band. Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz, 1889, page 11.
Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder [uses numbering from 1872 edition], no. 7 [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Sang ein Bettlerpärlein am Schenkentor", op. 18 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elise Breiderhoff, née Frey (1849 - 1940), "Mädchenlied", op. 3 (Vierzehn Lieder für 2 weibliche Stimme ohne Begleitung) no. 2, published 1897 [ vocal duet for female voices, unaccompanied ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Giehrl (1857 - 1893), "Sang ein Bettlerpärlein", op. 2 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], München, Schmid & Janke [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Der schlimme Gast", op. 98 no. 3, published 1897 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella (SMzA) ], from Sechs Mädchenlieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor (Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Alt) mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914), "Sang ein Bettlerpärchen am Schenkenthor", op. 39 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Mädchenlied", 1894-1903, from 7 frühe Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "Sang ein Bettlerpärlein am Schenkenthor", op. 6 no. 7, published 1877 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder von Heyse. Ein Cyclus von Gesängen für 1 tiefe (oder mittlere) Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (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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Un couple de mendiants chantaient à la porte du cabaret, Leurs lèvres câlines près de mon oreille. « Cabaretière, gentille cabaretière, Sers à boire à ce couple, Leurs soifs ont besoin de rafraîchissement. » Et je les servis volontiers, mais le méchant homme Me mordit les lèvres à me faire mal et puis rit : « Si un hôte marque le gobelet de son signe, Cela veut dire qu'il est pour lui seul. »
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder [uses numbering from 1872 edition], no. 7
This text was added to the website: 2015-07-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 74