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Mein Mädchen und mein Wein, Die wollen sich entzweyn. Ob ich den Zwist entscheide? Wird noch die Frage seyn. Ich suche mich durch Beyde Im Stillen zu erfreu'n. Sie giebt mir größ're Freude: Doch öft're giebt der Wein.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708 - 1754), "Der Wettstreit", appears in Oden und Lieder, Book I [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 Johann Valentin Görner (1702 - 1762), "Der Wettstreit" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "The competition", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 38
My girl and my wine resolved to disentwine. How can I stand such pressure? It's time now to define: In secret I shall treasure them both - and both be mine: She gives me greater pleasure, but oft'ner does the wine!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Walter A. Aue, (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 von Hagedorn (1708 - 1754), "Der Wettstreit", appears in Oden und Lieder, Book I
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 41