's Blinzeln
Language: German (Lower Austrian)
Schaud's wia dö Stearndaln [dort]1
Zimperli thuan,
Und mid'n Augarln koan
Augablick ruan.
Is dös a G'schamikaid!
Dös thad koan Man:
D' Jungfarn dö blinzeln so,
Schaud ma's z' stark an.
[Drum was ma sagen mag,
I sags halb2 no:
D' Stearndaln san Jüngfarln, drum
Blinzeln's a so!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• J. Fischhof View original text (without footnotes)
1 Fischhof: "so"
2 Fischhof: "Destweg'n bihaupt i håld/ Allawail"
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Word count: 50
Blinking
Language: English after the German (Lower Austrian)
Look there, how the stars
behave so squeamishly
and give their eyes
no rest for a moment!
By Jove, what coyness!
No man would behave like that!
It's maidens that blink so,
if one gives them too cheeky a glance.
So what everyone would say,
I shall say too:
The stars are maidens --
that is why they blink that way!
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This text was added to the website: 2021-08-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 60