No one | I alone have my wife

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by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Niemand

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

  Ich hab mein Weib allein
Und theil' es, traun! mit Niemand;
Nicht Hahnrei will ich sein,
Zum Hahnrei mach' ich Niemand.
Ein Säckchen Gold ist mein,
Doch -- dafür dank' ich Niemand;
Nicht's hab' ich zu verleihn,
Und borgen soll mir Niemand.

  Ich bin nicht Andrer Herr,
Und unterthänig Niemand;
Doch meine Klinge sticht,
Ich fürchte mich vor Niemand.
Ein lustger Kauz bin ich,
Kopfhängerisch mit Niemand;
Schiert Niemand sich um mich,
So scheer' ich mich um Niemand.

Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, page 172

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Niemand" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Nobody"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Niemand", op. 25 no. 22 (1840), published 1840 [voice and piano], from Myrten, no. 22, Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "Ningú", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Niemand", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "No one", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Personne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

No one

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I alone have my wife,
And, truly, I share her with no one;
I do not want to be a cuckold,
And I make no one else into a cuckold.
 
A little sack of gold is mine,
But I am beholden to no one for it;
I have nothing to lend,
And no one is to lend to me.
 
I am not master over others,
And I am an underling to no one;
But my blade stabs
And I am afraid of no one.
 
I am a merry chap,
I am despondent around no one;
If no one gives a hoot for me,
Then I give a hoot for no one.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 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.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Niemand"
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Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Nobody"
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 111