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by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Du sagtest mir es, Mutter:
Er ist ein Springinsfeld!
Ich würd' es dir nicht glauben,
Bis ich mich krank gequält!
Ja, ja, nun ist er's wirklich;
Ich hatt' ihn nur verkannt!
Du sagtest mir's, o Mutter:
»Die Männer sind mechant!«

Vor'm Dorf im Busch, als gestern
Die stille Dämm'rung sank,
Da rauscht' es: »Guten Abend!«
Da rauscht' es: »Schönen Dank!«
Ich schlich hinzu, ich horchte;
Ich stand wie festgebannt:
Er war's, mit einer Andern
»Die Männer sind mechant!«

O Mutter, welche Qualen!
Es muß heraus, es muß!
Es blieb nicht bloß beim Rauschen,
Es blieb nicht bloß beim Gruß!
Vom Gruße kam's zum Kusse,
Vom Kuß zum Druck der Hand,
Vom Druck, ach liebe Mutter!
»Die Männer sind mechant!«

Note: Schubert received Seidl's poem in handwritten form. Seidl did not include it in his poetry editions.

Note: The Schubert complete editions (AGA and NGA) write the word méchant with e-acute, but it has originally been printed mechant and should be pronounced like that (not French) for the sake of the rhyme.


Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Männer sind mechant!", op. 95 (Vier Refrainlieder) no. 3, D 866 no. 3 (1828?), published 1828 [ voice and piano ], Thaddäus Weigl, VN 2794, Wien

Text Authorship:

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els homes són dolents", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De mannen zijn een ramp", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Gordon) , "Men are faithless", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les hommes sont méchants", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Gli uomini sono infedeli", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: David Gordon , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 119