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Abend's da sah ich das [Kalabresinchen]1:
Stille, gar stille vom [Bächelein]2 kam sie,
[Kalabresinchen]1,
[Niedliches]3 Kindchen!
[Kalabresinchen]1,
[Kalabresin]4!
Und zu ihr sagt' ich: ach, [Kalabresinchen]1!
[Gieb]5 mir ein Schlückchen, ein Schlückchen vom Wasser?
[Kalabresinchen]1,
[Niedliches]3 Kindchen!
[Kalabresinchen]1,
[Kalabresin]4!
Und sie erwiederte artig und fein mir:
Nicht nur das Wasser -- mich selber, mich selber!
[Kalabresinchen]1,
[Niedliches]3 Kindchen!
[Kalabresinchen]1,
[Kalabresin]4!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesieen aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln, Gesammelt und übersetzt von August Kopisch, Berlin: Verlag von Gustav Crantz, 1838, page 77.
1 Reissiger: "Kalabresinnchen"2 Reissiger: "Bächelchen"
3 Reissiger: "niedlich"
4 Reissiger: "Kalabresinnchen, niedlich Kindchen"
5 Reissiger: "Reicht"
Text Authorship:
- by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Die kleine Kalabresin", subtitle: "(Kalabrien)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La Calavreslla", subtitle: "(Calabria.)", Sicilian folk poem
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Die kleine Kalabreserin", op. 64 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1889 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Hirsch (1858 - 1918), "Kalabresinchen", op. 84 (Vier Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1892 [ men's chorus ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Die kleine Calabreserin", alternate title: "Die kleine Kalabresinn", op. 131 (Sieben Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 4, published 1838 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "(Calabria)", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-13
Line count: 18
Word count: 80
I saw the little Calabrian in the evening:
Quietly, very quietly she came from the brooklet,
Little Calabrian,
Adorable child!
Little Calabrian,
[Calabrian]1!
And I said to her: ah, little Calabrian!
Would you [give me]2 a little sip, a little sip of water?
Little Calabrian,
Adorable child!
Little Calabrian,
[Calabrian]1!
And, politely and prettily, she replied to me:
Not only [would I give you] the water – [but] myself, myself!
Little Calabrian,
Adorable child!
Little Calabrian,
[Calabrian]1!
Subtitle: "(Calabria)"
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Die kleine Calabreserin" = "The little Calabrian girl"
"Die kleine Kalabreserin" = "The little Calabrian girl"
"Die kleine Kalabresin" = "The little Calabrian girl"
"Die kleine Kalabresinn" = "The little Calabrian girl"
"Kalabresinchen" = "Little Calabrian girl"
2 Reissiger: "pass to me"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Sharon Krebs, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Die kleine Kalabresin", subtitle: "(Kalabrien)", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La Calavreslla", subtitle: "(Calabria.)", Sicilian folk poem
This text was added to the website: 2022-04-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 81