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Trug mein Herz ich auf der Hand, [wehte]1 ein Wind her übers Land, weg war es! Kam ein Mütterchen. "Mit Verlaub: habt ihr mein Herz?" Die Alte war taub, nickte nur. Kam der Jäger, brummte was: "So ein Herz, was schert mich das, frag weiter!" Fragt' ich die Wege auf und ab, keiner mein Herz mir wieder gab, weg war es! Kam zuletzt des [Hufschmieds]2 Kind: "Mädel, sahst du kein Herz im Wind?" Lachte sie leis: "Hat's auch der Wind nicht, hast du doch keins, du dauerst mich, Bub, da, nimm meins, aber halt's fest!
Confirmed with Gesammelte Dichtungen von Gustav Falke, Berlin und Hamburg, Alfred Janssen, 1912, Volume 3, page 69.
1 Jarnach: "weht' "2 Schillings: "Huffenschmieds"
Text Authorship:
- by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Das mitleidige Mädel" [author's text checked 2 times 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 Erna Becker-Ernst (1885 - 1945), "Das mitleidige Mädel" [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clara Mathilda Faisst (1872 - 1948), "Das mitleidige Mädel", op. 8 (Zwei Lieder für hohe und mittlere Stimme) no. 2 (1904), published 1904 [ medium voice and piano ], Karlsruhe, Doert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Jarnach (1892 - 1982), "Das mitleidige Mädel", op. 7 no. 4, published 1922 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl von Kaskel (1866 - 1943), "Das mitleidige Mädel", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Das mitleidige Mädel", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1903 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max von Schillings (1868 - 1933), "Das mitleidige Mädel", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1901/2) [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Das mitleidige Mädel", op. 12 (Neun Lieder) no. 4, published 1907 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "The compassionate lassie"
- ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , "The kind-hearted girl", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright ©, (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.
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Word count: 97
Je portais mon cœur dans ma main, un vent vint à souffler sur le pays, il était parti ! Vint une petite mère. « Avec votre permission, avez-vous mon cœur ? » La vieille était sourde, ne fit qu'un signe. Vint le chasseur,, il grommela : « Un tel cœur, que m'importe, demande plus loin ! » Je demandai du haut en bas du chemin, personne ne me rendit mon cœur, il était parti ! Vint enfin le fils du maréchal-ferrant : « Mignonne, n'as-tu pas vu un cœur dans le vent ? » Elle sourit doucement : « Si le vent aussi ne l'a pas, tu n'en as donc plus, tu me fais pitié, garçon, tiens, prends le mien, mais tiens-le bien !
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Translation of title "Das mitleidige Mädel" = "La fille compatissante"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Das mitleidige Mädel"
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-22
Line count: 18
Word count: 115