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Das weiß Gott, wo sich die tolle Dirne einquartieret hat; Fluchend, in dem Regenwetter, Lauf ich durch die ganze Stadt. Bin ich doch von einem Gasthof Nach dem andern hingerannt, Und an jeden groben Kellner Hab ich mich umsonst gewandt. Da erblick ich sie am Fenster, Und sie winkt und kichert hell. Könnt ich wissen, du bewohntest, Mädchen, solches Prachthotel!
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 70 [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 Norbert Linke (b. 1933), "Das weiß Gott, wo sich die tolle Dirne", published 1959 [male voice and piano], from Sechs Heine-Lieder, no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Das weiß Gott, wo sich die tolle Dirne", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 70 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation possibly by Vil'gelm Veniaminovich Levik (1907 - 1982) ENG FRE ; composed by Valery Gavrilin.
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- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 60
Dieu sait où cette folle Fille s'est logée; En jurant, par un temps pluvieux, J'ai couru toute la ville. Je suis bien allé D'une auberge à l'autre, Et à chaque grossier garçon Je me suis adressé en vain. Soudain je l'aperçois à sa fenêtre, Elle fait un signe et éclate de rire. Pouvais-je savoir que tu habitais, Ma fille, un si splendide hôtel!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 70
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 63