by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Paavo Cajander (1846 - 1913)
Hey, Robin, jolly Robin
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
Hey, Robin, jolly Robin, Tell me how thy lady does. My lady is unkind, perdy. Hey, Robin, jolly Robin, Tell me why is she so? She loves another, another.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act IV, Scene 2 [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 Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Hey, Robin", op. 29 no. 4, published 1937 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of the Clown, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Hei, Kehlchen", copyright © 2013, (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: 6
Word count: 29
Hei Antti, hupi‑Antti
Language: Finnish (Suomi)  after the English
Hei Antti, hupi-Antti, kuinka helttusi jaksaa? Minust' ei hän huoli. Hei Antti, hupi-Antti, Miksi lempi kuoli? Toista lempii!
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Text Authorship:
- by Paavo Cajander (1846 - 1913) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act IV, Scene 2
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 18