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Mädel, laß das Stricken -- geh, thu den Strumpf bei Seite heute; das ist was für alte Leute, für die Jungen blüht der Klee! Laß, mein Kind, komm, mein Schätzchen! siehst du nicht, der Abendwind schäkert mit den Weidenkätzchen . . . Mädel, liebes, sieh doch nicht immer so bei Seite heute; das ist was für alte Leute, junge seh'n sich ins Gesicht! Komm, mein Kind, sieh doch, Schätzchen: über uns der Abendwind schäkert mit den Weidenkätzchen . . . Siehst du, Mädel, war's nicht nett so an meiner Seite heute? Das ist was für junge Leute, alte gehn allein zu Bett! -- Was denn, Kind? weinen, Schätzchen? Nicht doch -- sieh der Abendwind schäkert mit den Weidenkätzchen . . .
Authorship
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Nicht doch!" [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 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Nicht doch!", op. 49 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1926 [men's chorus a cappella], Mainz : Schott [text not verified]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Nicht doch!", 1894-1903, from 7 frühe Lieder, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Nicht doch!" [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Pas possible!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Don't", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Don't", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , title 1: "Please don't!", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 118
Girl, stop knitting, come on, put the stocking away today; this is something for the old folks, for the young the clover blooms! Leave it, my girl, come on, my dear; Can't you see the evening breeze flirting with the willow catkins! Lassie, dear, don't always look aside today; this is something for the old folks, the young look each other in the face! Come on, my girl, just look, my dear; above us the evening breeze flirts with the willow catkins! Don't you see, my girl, wasn't it nice today by my side? This is something for the young, old folks go to bed alone. What's up, girl? Weeping, dear? Stop it! Look, the evening breeze flirts with the willow catkins.
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2007 by Bertram Kottmann, (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.
Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Nicht doch!"
This text was added to the website: 2007-01-26
Line count: 24
Word count: 122