The competition | My girl and my wine

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by Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708 - 1754)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Der Wettstreit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Chosen for Diff

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.

Text 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]

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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
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Word count: 38

The competition

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Chosen for Diff

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!

Text Authorship:

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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
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 40