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Ich weiss nicht, wie [mir]1 ist! Ich bin nicht krank und nicht gesund, Ich bin blessirt und hab' kein' Wund', Ich weiss nicht, wie mir ist! Ich tät gern essen und schmeckt mir nichts; Ich hab' [ein]2 Geld und gilt mir nichts, Ich weiss nicht, wie mir ist! Ich hab' sogar kein' Schnupftabak, Und hab' kein Kreuzer Geld im Sack, Ich weiss nicht wie mir ist, wie mir ist! Heiraten tät ich auch schon gern', Kann aber Kinderschrei'n nicht hör'n! Ich weiss nicht, wie mir ist! Ich hab' erst heut' den Doktor gefragt, Der hat mir's [in's]3 Gesicht gesagt: "Ich weiss wohl, was dir ist, was dir ist: Ein Narr bist du gewiß!" "Nun weiss ich, wie mir ist!"
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View text without footnotes1 d'Albert: "mir's"
2 d'Albert: "kein"
3 d'Albert: "unter's"
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [author's text not yet checked 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 Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Selbstgefühl", op. 28 (Sieben Lieder im Volkston aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn") no. 6, published 1904? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Selbstgefühl", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Schmitt (1835 - 1907), "Ich weiss nicht wie mir ist", op. 33 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Self-Esteem", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sentiment de soi", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Come mi sento", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 122
I do not know what's wrong with me, I am not ill, yet I am not well; I've been injured, yet I have no wound, I do not know what's wrong with me! I love to eat, but can taste nothing; I have some money but it does me no good; I do not know what's wrong with me! I don't even have any snuff, And have not even a farthing in my pocket, I do not know what's wrong with me! I would gladly get married, But I can't stand to hear children screaming. I do not know what's wrong with me! Just today I asked the doctor, Who told me to my face: "I know well what's wrong with you: A fool you certainly are!" Now I know what's wrong with me!"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 134