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Ein Liebchen hatt ich, das auf einem Aug'schielte; Weil sie mir schön schien, schien ihr Schielen auch Schönheit. Eins hatt ich, das beim Sprechen mit der Zung anstieß, Mir war's kein Anstoß, stieß sie an und sprach: Liebster! Jetzt hab ich eines, das auf einem Fuß hinket Ja freilich, sprech ich, hinkt sie, doch sie hinkt zierlich.
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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert, Gesammelte Gedichte, Dritter Band, Erlangen, Carl Heyder, 1837, page 179.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Hinkende Jamben", appears in Jugendlieder [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 Franz Ippisch (1883 - 1958), "Ein Liebchen hatt' ich", 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Lieder mit Klavierbegleitung aus dem "Liebesfrühling" von Friedrich Rückert für hohe Stimme, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Hinkende Jamben", op. 62, Heft 1 no. 5 (1837) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Limping feet", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Giambi zoppicanti", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: John Versmoren , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 57
Avevo un'amorosa con un occhio storto; mi sembrava bella, e mi sembrava bellezza il suo strabismo. Una ne avevo, che parlando incespicava con la lingua, non mi scandalizzavo quando balbettava per dirmi: caro! Ora ne ho una con un piede zoppo, sì, certo, dico io, zoppica, ma con che grazia zoppica!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 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 Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Hinkende Jamben", appears in Jugendlieder
This text was added to the website: 2006-10-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 51