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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Ein Männlein steht im Walde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ein Männlein steht im Walde
Ganz still und stumm,
Es hat von lauter Purpur
Ein Mäntlein um.
Sagt, wer mag das Männlein sein,
Das da steht im Wald allein
Mit dem purpurroten Mäntelein?

Das Männlein steht im Walde
Auf einem Bein
Und hat auf seinem Haupte
Schwarz Käpplein klein.
Sagt, wer mag das Männlein sein,
Das da steht im Wald allein
Mit dem kleinen schwarzen Käppelein?

Das Männlein dort auf einem Bein,
Mit seinem rothen Mäntelein
Und seinem schwarzen Käppelein,
Kann nur die Hagebutte sein!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   G. Bachlund 

G. Bachlund sets stanzas 1-2

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Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, written 1842?3, appears in Kinderlieder, in Räthsel II, no. 1 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Rätsel", 2008, stanzas 1-2 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Rätsel", op. 21 no. 2, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Goldene Zeiten. Acht Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 2, Charlottenburg, Michow [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Riddle", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
Line count: 18
Word count: 85

Riddle
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
A little fellow stands in the woods
completely still and silent,
and has garish purple
coat on.
Say, who might this little fellow be,
that stands alone in the woods
with the reddish purple coat?
 
The little fellow stands in the woods
on one leg
and has on his head
a little black hat.
Say, who might that little fellow be,
that stands alone in the woods
with the little black cap?




Text Authorship:

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Riddle", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, written 1842?3, appears in Kinderlieder, in Räthsel II, no. 1
    • Go to the text page.

 
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

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