The Genius | On your head, my dear, merrily

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Paul Hindemith

Die Geniale

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Lustig auf den Kopf, mein Liebchen,
stell dich, in die Luft die Bein'!
Heisa! Ich will sein dein Bübchen,
heute nacht soll Hochzeit sein!

Wenn du Shakespeare kannst vertragen,
O du liebe Unschuld du!
Wirst du mich wohl auch ertragen
und noch jedermann dazu.

Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von M. Simion, 1841, page 256.

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Geniale", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe [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 Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Die Geniale", 1911/3, from Einfache Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Die Geniale", 1911-14 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Nachgelassene Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "The Genius", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La géniale", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

The Genius

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

On your head, my dear, merrily
Surrender yourself, your legs in the air!
Ha!  I want to be your little boy,
And tonight should be our wedding!

If you can get along with Shakespeare,
Oh, you dear ingenue, you,
You will also be able to endure me,
And then everyone else, besides!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Geniale", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 52