A thirsty woman | Ragonda gladly followed

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by Christoph Heinrich Amthor (1678 - 1721)

Translation © by Poppy Holden

Eine Durstige

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ragonda folgte gern,
wann ihr der Himmel winket,
und reisete nach jener willt.
Wo sie noch was davon zurücke hält,
so ist's, daß man in dieser trinket.

Text Authorship:

by Christoph Heinrich Amthor (1678 - 1721) [author's text not yet checked 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 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Eine Durstige" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "A thirsty woman", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Une assoiffée", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Poppy Holden

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 27

A thirsty woman

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ragonda gladly followed, 
when heaven gave her a sign, 
and journeyed after what she wanted. 
She is yet prevented from returning,
so I'll drink to that.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christoph Heinrich Amthor (1678 - 1721)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 26