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In dem Schatten meiner Locken Schlief mir mein Geliebter ein. Weck' ich ihn nun auf? -- Ach nein! Sorglich strählt' ich meine krausen Locken täglich in der Frühe, Doch umsonst ist meine Mühe, Weil die Winde sie zerzausen. Lockenschatten, Windessausen Schläferten den Liebsten ein. Weck' ich ihn nun auf? -- Ach nein! Hören muß ich, wie ihn gräme, Daß er schmachtet schon so lange, Daß ihm Leben [geb' und nehme]1 Diese meine braune Wange, Und er nennt mich seine Schlange, Und doch schlief er bei mir ein. Weck' ich ihn nun auf? -- Ach nein!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Berlin, Verlag von Wilhelm Herz, 1852, p. 57.
1 Brahms: "gäb und nähme"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 25 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) possibly by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist and possibly by Pedro Arias Pérez (flourished 17th century)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Spanisches Lied", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (1852), published 1854 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Giehrl (1857 - 1893), "In dem Schatten meiner Locken", op. 2 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 10, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], München, Schmid & Janke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Spanisches Lied", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1856), published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "In dem Schatten meiner Locken", op. 17 (Spanische Lieder und Romanzen) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by August von Othegraven (1864 - 1946), "In dem Schatten meiner Locken", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Schulze , "In dem Schatten meiner Locken", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "In dem Schatten meiner Locken", op. 6 (Sieben spanische Lieder) no. 3 (1881) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "In dem Schatten meiner Locken", from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "In dem Schatten meiner Locken", op. 14 no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Spanisches Liederbuch für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 3, Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (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: 17
Word count: 93
In the shadow of my tresses My beloved has fallen asleep. Shall I awaken him now? Ah, no! Carefully I comb my ruffled Locks, early every day; Yet for nothing is my trouble, For the wind makes them dishevelled yet again. The shadows of my tresses, the whispering of the wind, Have lulled my darling to sleep. Shall I awaken him now? Ah, no! I must listen to him complain That he pines for me so long, That life is given and taken away from him By this, my brown cheek, And he calls me a snake; Yet he fell asleep by me. Shall I awaken him now? Ah, no!
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Translation of title "In dem Schatten meiner Locken" = "In the shadow of my tresses"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 25
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) possibly by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist and possibly by Pedro Arias Pérez (flourished 17th century)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 110