Der Spielmann
Language: German (Deutsch) after the German (Deutsch)
Du mit deiner Fiedel,
Bleibe hier nicht stehn,
Weil mir Deine Liedel
So zu Herzen gehn,
Daß ich ohne weinen
Sie nicht hören kann,
Und dann sehen einen
Alle gleich so an.
Einer kam vorbei hier,
Jünger nur als Du,
Spielte allerlei mir,
Und ich hörte zu.
Und da er Almosen
Für sein Spiel nicht frug,
Gab ich ihm die Rosen,
Die ich grade trug.
Wirst nun weiter wandern,
Lieber Spielmann, gelt?
Triffst vielleicht den andern
Wo in weiter Welt;
Sag ihm dann, es dächte
Sein ein Mägdelein,
Dächte Tag und Nächte
Unaufhörlich sein.
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It is based on
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923), "Der Spielmann"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The minstrel", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The minstrel
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
You with your fiddle,
Do not remain here,
For your songs
Pull at my heartstrings
So that I cannot hear them
Without weeping,
And then all the people
Immediately look at me so oddly.
A minstrel came past here,
Only younger than you,
Played me all sorts of things,
And I listened.
And since he did not ask
For any money for his playing,
I gave him the roses
That I happened to be wearing.
So you will now go on,
Dear minstrel, won’t you?
Perhaps you shall meet the other
Somewhere out in the wide world;
Then tell him that a maiden
Thinks of him
Day and night,
Thinks of him unceasingly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923), "Der Spielmann"
This text was added to the website: 2016-11-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 113