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Am Kreuzweg da lausche ich, wenn die Stern' und die Feuer im Walde verglommen, und wo der erste Hund bellt von fern, da wird mein Bräut'gam herkommen. La, la, la, la. "Und als der Tag graut', durch das Gehölz sah ich eine Katze sich schlingen, ich schoß ihr auf den nußbraunen Pelz, wie tat die weit überspringen! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Schad' nur ums Pelzlein, du kriegst mich nit! mein Schatz muß sein wie die andern: braun und ein Stutzbart auf ung'rischen Schnitt und ein fröhliches Herze zum Wandern. La, la, la, la.
Authorship
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Zigeunerin", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder [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 Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Die Zigeunerin", 1886-8 [voice and piano], from Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The Gypsy woman", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La tsigane", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "La zingara", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "La gitana", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , title 1: "La tzigane", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 94
At the crossroads, there I listen, when the stars and the fires in the forests have died down, and where the first hound barks from afar - from there will my intended come. La, la, la, la. "And when day broke, through the copse, I saw a cat creeping; I shot at her nut-brown pelt and how far she leapt! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" For shame with this little pelt - you shall have me not! My darling must be like the others: brown and bearded with a Hungarian trim and a merry heart toward wandering. La, la, la, la.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Zigeunerin", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 102