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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Mannesbangen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Du darfst nicht meinen,
ich hätte Furcht vor dir.
Nur wenn du mit deinen
scheuen Augen Glück begehrst
und mir mit solchen
zuckenden Händen
wie mit Dolchen
durch die Haare fährst,
Und mein Kopf liegt an deinen Lenden:
dann, du [Wehrlose]¹,
beb' ich vor dir...

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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Band 2, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, 1913, page 60.

¹ another version of the poem: "Sünd'rin"

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mannesbangen", appears in Weib und Welt, first published 1896 [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Mannesbangen", 1894-1903, from 7 frühe Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Temor d’un home", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Masculine fears", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Craintes d'un homme", copyright © 2010, (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: 11
Word count: 47

Craintes d'un homme

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Tu ne dois pas penser
Que j'aurais peur devant toi.
Seulement si avec tes yeux timides
Tu désirais le bonheur
Et avec tes mains 
frémissantes,
Comme avec un poignard,
Tu me caressais les cheveux,
Ma tête posée sur ton flanc :
Alors, [désarmé]¹,
Je tremblerais devant toi...

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¹ other version of the poem: "pécheresse"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mannesbangen", appears in Weib und Welt, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-29
Line count: 11
Word count: 48