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by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794)
Translation © by Emily Ezust
Seht mir doch mein schönes Kind
Language: German (Deutsch)
Seht mir doch mein schönes Kind, Mit den gold'nen Zottellöckchen, Blauen Augen, roten Bäckchen! Leutchen, habt ihr auch so eins? Leutchen, nein, ihr habt keins! Seht mir doch mein süßes Kind, Fetter als ein fettes Schneckchen, Süßer als ein Zuckerweckchen! Leutchen, habt ihr auch so eins? Leutchen, nein, ihr habt keins! Seht mir doch mein holdes Kind, Nicht zu mürrisch, nicht zu wählig! Immer freundlich, immer fröhlich! Leutchen, habt ihr auch so eins? Leutchen, [nein]1, ihr habt keins! Seht mir doch mein frommes Kind! Keine bitterböse Sieben Würd' ihr Mütterchen so lieben. Leutchen, möchtet ihr so eins? O, ihr kriegt gewiß nicht meins! Komm' einmal ein Kaufmann her! Hunderttausend blanke Taler, Alles Gold der Erde zahl' er! O, er kriegt gewiß nicht meins! - Kauf' er sich woanders eins!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Gottfried August Bürger. Erster Theil. Frankfurt und Leipzig, 1789, in Lyrische Gedichte, pages 139 - 140.
1 Strauss: "Leutchen"Text Authorship:
- by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794), "Muttertändelei", subtitle: "Für meine Dorette", appears in Lyrische Gedichte [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 Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen (1761 - 1817), "Muttertändeley", published 1788 [ voice and piano or organ or harpsichord ], from Weisen und lyrische Gesänge, no. 42, Flensburg und Leipzig: Korten'sche Buchhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Muttertändelei", published 1794 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, Erste Sammlung, Zürich: im Verlage des Verfassers, pages 16-17 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Mutter Tändelei" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Muttertändelei", op. 43 no. 2 (1899), published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge älterer deutscher Dichter für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Wolf , "Muttertändelei", published 1906-1913 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Manyagueries d’una mare", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Moederbabbeltje", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Mother-chatter", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Badineries maternelles", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-12
Line count: 25
Word count: 130
Mother‑chatter
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
But just look at my fair child, with such golden curly locks, blue eyes, red cheeks! My friends, have you such a one? My friends, no, you have not! But just look at my sweet child, fatter than a fat snail, sweeter than a sugar roll! My friends, have you such a one? My friends, no, you have not! But just look at my lovely child, not too grumpy, not too particular! Always friendly, always merry! My friends, have you such a one? My friends, no, you have not! But just look at my pious child! No bitter shrew could be so loved by its mother. My friends, would you like to have such a one? O, you certainly won't get mine! Just let a buyer come here once! A hundred thousand shiny thalers - all the gold in the world he would pay! But he certainly won't get mine! Let him buy somewhere else.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794), "Muttertändelei", subtitle: "Für meine Dorette", appears in Lyrische Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-12
Line count: 25
Word count: 154