Hey, Gypsy, pluck your strings!

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by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!

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

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA

He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!
Spiel das Lied vom ungetreuen Mägdelein!
Laß die Saiten weinen, klagen, traurig bange,
Bis die heiße Träne netzet diese Wange!

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Text Authorship:

by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Hungarian (Magyar) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), no title, op. 103 no. 1 (1887/8), published 1888 [ voice or SATB chorus and piano ], from Zigeunerlieder, no. 1, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erika Budai (b. 1966), "Hé, Zigeuner!", 1993 [ women's chorus and piano ], from Zigeunerlieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gunnar de Frumerie (1908 - 1987), "He, he Zigeuner", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Zigeunerlieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Melcher Svensson (1882 - 1961), no title, 1910, orchestrated 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Zigeunerlieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Suvvia, zingaro, pizzica le corde!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 27

Hey, Gypsy, pluck your strings!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Hey, Gypsy, pluck your strings!
Play the song of the unfaithful maiden!
Let the strings weep and lament, mournful and despairing, 
Until hot tears flow down these cheeks!

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)
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Based on:

a text in Hungarian (Magyar) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2019-12-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 28