Whisperings at the ball | They pay you compliments

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by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ballgeflüster

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Sie machen Dir Komplimente
Und senden Dir Blumen in's Haus.
Doch Du, Du kleine Coquette,
Du lachst sie ja Alle nur aus!

Du lässt es Dir lächelnd gefallen,
Ich weiss es, nur mich hast Du lieb!
Ich stahl Dir manchen Kuss von den Lippen,
Doch Du vergabst gleich dem Dieb!

Sie machen Dir Komplimente
Und senden Dir Blumen in's Haus,
Doch Du, Du kleine Coquette,
Du lachst sie ja Alle nur aus!

Und wenn Du so lieblich sie anlachst,
Wie prahlen sie laut dann mit Dir!
Ich lächle dann still und frohlocke,
Denn Du gehörst ja mir!

Text Authorship:

by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932) [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 Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Ballgeflüster", op. 73 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1889, Hamburg, Rahter [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Whisperings at the ball", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-04-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

Whisperings at the ball

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

They pay you compliments
And send flowers to your house.
But you, you little coquette,
You merely laugh at them all!

Smilingly you accept it --
I know it, you love only me!
I stole many a kiss from your lips,
But you immediately forgave the thief!

They pay you compliments
And send flowers to your house.
But you, you little coquette,
You merely laugh at them all!

And when you smile at them so delightfully,
How they do then loudly brag about you!
I quietly smile then and rejoice,
For you belong to me!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 94