Komm, Liebchen, komm! Umwinde mir die...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA
Komm, Liebchen, komm! Umwinde mir die Mütze!
Aus deiner Hand nur ist der Dulbend schön.
Hat Abbas doch, auf Irans höchstem Sitze,
Sein Haupt nicht zierlicher umwinden sehn!
Ein Dulbend war das Band, das Alexandern
In Schleifen schön vom Haupte fiel,
Und allen Folgeherrschern, jenen andern,
Als Königzierde wohlgefiel.
Ein Dulbend ist's, der unsern Kaiser schmücket,
Sie nennen's Krone. Name geht wohl hin!
Juwel und Perle! sei das Aug entzücket:
Der schönste Schmuck ist stets der Muselin.
Und diesen hier, ganz rein und silberstreifig,
Umwinde, Liebchen, um die Stirn umher.
Was ist denn Hoheit? Mir ist sie geläufig!
Du schaust mich an, ich bin so groß als Er.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Goethe's Sämmtliche Werke im Sechs Bänden, Vierter Band, Philadelphia, Verlag von F. W. Thomas, 1856, page 308.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Komm, Liebchen, komm" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Komm, Liebchen, komm", 1888, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 44, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Vine, estimada, vine", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Come, darling, come", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Viens, ma bien-aimée, viens", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Vieni, amor mio, vieni", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 108
Come, darling, come
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Come, darling, come! Tie this cap on me!
A turban would only be fair from your hand.
Even Abbas upon Iran's highest throne
never had his head so delicately wrapped!
A turban was the ribbon that fell
in loops from Alexander's head,
and all of his successors, one after another,
were pleased to use it as their royal ornament.
It is a turban that adorns our Emperor
and they call it a crown. The name goes well!
Jewels and pearls - let them delight the eye:
the fairest adornment is always muslin.
So wind this muslin here, so pure and silver-streaked,
wind it, my dear, about my head.
What is majestic dignity then? It is familiar to me!
When you look at me, I am as great as a god.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 130
