It’s raining, raining, raining

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Hugó Meltzl (1846 - 1908)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es regnet, regnet, regnet

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Hungarian (Magyar)

Our translations: ENG

Es regnet, regnet, regnet --
Doch Küsse nur regnet's auf dich!
O Täubchen, wie ist dieser Regen
So erquickend und wonniglich.
 
Und wenn es regnet, regnet,
Da zucken auch Blitze darein;
O Täubchen, ich kenne die Blitze,
Deine blitzenden Aeugelein.
 
O weh, nun muß es auch donnern!
Das Donnerwetter ist nah!
O Täubchen, ich suche das Weite,
Denn, hu, dein Alter ist da.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Das Buch der Liebe. Eine Blütenlese aus der gesammten Liebeslyrik aller Zeiten und Völker. In deutschen Uebertragungen, herausgegeben von Heinrich Hart und Julius Hart, Leipzig: Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1882, page 437

Text Authorship:

by Hugó Meltzl (1846 - 1908), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "Esik, esik, esik", written 1844
- Go to the text page.

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

by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Es regnet, doch Küsse nur regnet's auf dich", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Leiden : Eggers [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-11-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

It’s raining, raining, raining

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

It’s raining, raining, raining --
But upon you it only rains kisses!
Oh my little dove, how this rain
Is so refreshing and delightful.
 
And when it rains, rains,
Then, too, lightning flashes therein;
Oh my little dove, I know this lightning;
[It is] your flashing eyes.
 
Oh woe, now it has also commenced thundering!
The thunderstorm is nigh!
Oh my little dove, I take myself off,
For, yikes, your old man is here.

About the headline (FAQ)

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugó Meltzl (1846 - 1908), no title
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "Esik, esik, esik", written 1844
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-11-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 73