The papa | Lo, such a man knows half the world

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Papa

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Chosen for Diff

Da kennt so ein Mann nun die halbe Welt
Und weiß nicht, wie man ein Kindchen hält
Und hat von den allernothwendigsten Sachen
Noch gar keine Ahnung -- es ist zum Lachen. --
Und das will nun für den preußischen Staat
Über Frauen und Kinder Gesetze machen!

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 19.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Der Papa", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 1. Aus seliger Zeit , no. 14 [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 Mathieu Neumann (1867 - 1928), "Der Papa", op. 55 no. 7, published 1904, from Aus seliger Zeit, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The papa", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le papa", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il Papa", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-04
Line count: 6
Word count: 45

The papa

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Chosen for Diff

Lo, such a man knows half the world,
And doesn't know how to hold a child
And of the most essential things
He has not a clue -- it makes one laugh. --
And such a one wants to make laws
For the Prussian state to govern women and children!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Der Papa", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 1. Aus seliger Zeit , no. 14
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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 48