Wiewohl mein Schatz ein arger Wicht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Wiewohl mein Schatz ein arger Wicht,
Ein Räuber ist, ein Dieb,
So hab' ich doch sein Angesicht
Vor allen andern lieb,
Er raubt für mich, er kämpft, er ficht,
Drum hab' ich ihn so lieb,
Und wär' er [zehenmal]1 ein Wicht
Und [hundertmal]2 ein Dieb.
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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen, Dritter Band, Stuttgart und Augsburg: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1856, page 207.
1 Sonntag: "hundertmal"
2 Sonntag: "tausendmal"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Barinissa's song", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Barinissa's song
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Although my beloved is a terrible scoundrel,
A robber he is, a thief,
I nevertheless love his visage
More than any other;
He steals for me, he fights, he fences,
That is why I love him so,
And were he [ten]1 times a scoundrel
And a [hundred]2 times a thief.
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1 Sonntag: "hundred"
2 Sonntag: "thousand"
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