by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Und bild' dir nur im Traum nichts ein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): ENG
[Und bild' dir nur im Traum nichts ein]1,
Du bist mir viel zu jung.
Ums Kinn noch kaum dir sproßt der Flaum,
Das ist mir nicht genung.

Und wenn ich einen heirathen thu',
Muß sein ein Reiter zu Roß,
Noch eins so lang und breit wie du,
Sein Bart zweier Ellen groß.

Sein Rappe saus't im Windeslauf,
Sein Bart der deckt mich zu,
Ich sitz' vor ihm am Sattelknauf,
Und hinterm Ofen du!

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von Paul Heyse. Erster Band. Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz, 1872, page 12.

1 Herzogenberg: "Und bild' dir nur nichts ein im Traum"; Woikowsky-Biedau: "Und bilde dir nichts ein" (according to the Musikalien-catalog von Heinrichshofen's Verlag in Magdeburg; further changes may exist not shown above)

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And in your dream imagine nothing for yourself
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
And in your dream imagine nothing for yourself
for you are too young for me.
About your chin hardly any down yet sprouts:
it is not enough for me.

If I get married,
I must marry a rider on a horse,
twice as tall and broad as you,
his beard two ells long.

His black steed bolts with the wind's course,
his beard, it blankets me
as I sit before him on the knob of the saddle,
and off to the kitchens for you!

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 84