Mishap | Once I was walking in the country at night

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Ich ging bei Nacht einst über Land

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Ich ging bei Nacht einst über Land,
ein Bürschlein traf ich draußen,
das hat 'nen Stutzen in der Hand
und zielt auf mich voll Grausen.

Ich renne, da ich mich erbos',
auf ihn in vollem Rasen,
da drückt das kecke Bürschlein los
und ich stürzt' auf die Nasen.

Er aber lacht mir ins Gesicht,
daß er mich angeschossen,
Cupido war der kleine Wicht
das hat mich sehr verdrossen.

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Landreiter", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe [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 Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Unfall", op. 88b no. 4, published 1988, from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Unfall", 1886-8 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Infortuni", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Mishap", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mésaventure", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Un infortunio", copyright © 2011, (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: 12
Word count: 68

Mishap

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Once I was walking in the country at night
 and met a young lad out there:
 he had a rifle in his hand
 and aimed it at me, full of menace.
 
 I ran at him - I was so angry -
 ran at him in full rage,
 but the saucy lad let loose
 and I fell on my nose.
 
 He laughed in my face
 for having shot me;
 Cupid was this little creature -
 and that has annoyed me to no end.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Landreiter", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 80