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An dem Feuer saß das Kind Amor, Amor Und war blind; Mit dem kleinen Flügel fächelt In die Flammen er und lächelt, [Fächle, lächle,]1 schlaues Kind. Ach, der Flügel brennt dem Kind! Amor, Amor Läuft geschwind! "O wie [mich]2 die Glut durchpeinet!" Flügelschlagend laut er weinet; In der Hirtin Schoß entrinnt Hülfeschreiend das schlaue Kind. Und die Hirtin hilft dem Kind, Amor, Amor Bös und blind. Hirtin, sieh, dein Herz entbrennet, Hast den [Schelm du]3 nicht gekennet. Sieh, die Flamme wächst geschwinde. Hüt dich vor dem schlauen Kind!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Strauss: "Fächelt, lächelt"
2 Strauss: "ihn" (this line not in quotes)
3 Strauss: "Schelmen"
Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Aloys und Imelde [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Amor", op. 68 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 5 (1918) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cupido", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Amor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Cupid", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , "Cupid", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Amour", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Amore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 88
Vicino al fuoco sedeva il fanciullo Amore, Amore ed era cieco; con le piccole ali sventaglia le fiamme e sorride, sventaglia, sorridi, bimbo astuto. Ah, si brucia l'ala al bambino! Amore, Amore corre svelto. Oh, come gli fa male la scottatura! Sbattendo le ali piange forte, cerca aiuto in grembo alla pastorella, gridando, il bimbo astuto. E la pastorella aiuta il bambino, Amore, Amore, cieo monello, pasterlla guarda, il tuo cuore arde, non hai conosciuto il birichino. Guarda, la fiamma cresce in fretta. Attenta, attenta al bimbo astuto!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Aloys und Imelde
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 88