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by Victor August Eberhard Blüthgen (1844 - 1920)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille
Es war ein niedlich' Zeiselein
Language: German (Deutsch)
[Es]1 war ein niedlich' Zeiselein, Das träumte nachts im Mondenschein: Es säh am Himmel Stern bei Stern, Davon [wär]2 jeder ein Hirsekern. Und als es geflogen [himmelauf]3, Da pickte das Zeislein die Sterne auf, Piep - Wie war das im [Traume]4 so lieb! Und als die [Sonne]5 beschien den Baum, [Erwachte]6 das Zeislein [von seinem]7 Traum. Es [wetzte]8 das [Schnäblein]9 her und hin Und sprach verwundert in seinem Sinn: "Nun hab ich gepickt die ganze Nacht Und bin [doch so hungrig]10 aufgewacht! Ping - Das ist mir ein [närrisches]11 Ding!"
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Doebber: "Das"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Kügele: "war"
3 Blech: "zum Himmel hinauf"
4 Blech: "Traum"
5 Kügele: "Sonn'"
6 Kügele: "Erwacht"
7 Kügele: "aus dem"
8 Blech: "wetzt"; Kügele: "wetzt'"
9 Blech, Wintzer, Zemlinsky: "Schnäbelchen"
10 Blech: "so hungrig noch"
11 Blech: "närrisch"
Authorship:
- by Victor August Eberhard Blüthgen (1844 - 1920), "Des Zeisigs Traum", appears in Im Kinderparadies, no. 3 [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 Leo Blech (1871 - 1958), "Der Traum", op. 24 no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Liedchen großen und kleinen Kindern vorzusingen, Dritte Folge, no. 4, Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Doebber (1866 - 1921), "Der Traum", op. 27 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Wernthal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Haas (1879 - 1960), "Der Traum", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder) no. 2 (1904/5) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Der Traum", op. 23 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Glas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Kügele (1850 - 1926), "Zeisleins Traum" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anna Müller , "Der Traum", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Kinderlieder mit leichter Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Der Traum", op. 6 no. 10, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Kinderlieder, Heft IV, no. 10, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Zeisleins Traum", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder für zwei Kinderstimmen mit Pianoforte ) no. 2, published 1885 [ vocal duet for children's voices with piano ], Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fürchtegott Ernst August Riedel (1855 - 1929), "Der Traum", op. 19, Heft 2 no. 4, published 1890 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Sechs humoristische Lieder für gemischten Chor, no. 4, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margarete Voigt-Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Der Traum - Aus dem Kinderparadies in ganz kindlicher Weise seiner Mama komponiert von einem Kinde", 1906 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Wintzer (1866 - 1952), "Der Traum" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor von Woikowsky-Biedau (1866 - 1935), "Der Traum", op. 17 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Der Traum", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 2 no. 3 (1894-6), published 1897 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The Dream", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 90
Il était un mignon petit tarin
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Il était un mignon petit tarin Qui rêvait la nuit au clair de lune : Il voyait dans le ciel étoile sur étoile, De là chacune était un grain de mil. Et il s'envolait dans le ciel, Là le petit tarin picorait les étoiles, Pip - Comme c'était adorable dans le rêve ! Et quand le soleil brilla sur l'arbre, Le petit tarin se réveilla de son rêve. Il ouvrit et ferma son bec Et dit tout étonné à lui-même : « Maintenant, j'ai picoré toute la nuit Et je suis pourtant affamé ! Ping - C'est une chose stupide qui m'est arrivée ! »
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Translation of title "Der Traum" = "Le rêve"Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 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 Victor August Eberhard Blüthgen (1844 - 1920), "Des Zeisigs Traum", appears in Im Kinderparadies, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 105