Amore | Vicino al fuoco sedeva il fanciullo

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by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

An dem Feuer saß das Kind

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA

An dem Feuer saß das Kind
    Amor, Amor
    Und war blind;
Mit dem kleinen Flügel fächelt
In die [Flamme]¹ er und lächelt,
[Fächle, lächle,]² schlaues Kind!

Ach, der Flügel brennt dem Kind,
    Amor, Amor
    Läuft geschwind!
"O wie [mich]³ 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]⁴ nicht gekennet?
Sieh, die Flamme wächst [geschwind]⁵.
Hüt dich vor dem schlauen Kind!⁶

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• R. Strauss

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¹ Strauss: "Flammen"
² Strauss: "Fächelt, lächelt"
³ Strauss: "ihn" (this line not in quotes)
⁴ Strauss: "Schelmen"
⁵ Strauss: "geschwinde"
⁶ Strauss adds "Fächle, lächle, schlaues Kind!"

Text 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)
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 95

Amore

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

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!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Aloys und Imelde
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This text was added to the website: 2005-10-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 88