À un anneau | Tu es un noble petit anneau

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sometimes misattributed to Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838) and by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

An den Ring

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Du bist ein edles Ringelein,
     O Ringelein von Gold.
     Steck' ich dich ihr ans Fingerlein;
     Ums Fingerlein von Elfenbein
     Ich selbst gern ringeln mich wollt.

Nun hüte du mir das Fingerlein,
     O Ringelein von Gold,
     Hüt' mir samt Fingerlein 's Händelein,
     Hüt' mir samt Händelein 's Mägdelein,
     So bleib' ich dir lieb und hold.

Und hütst du mir nicht das Fingerlein,
     O Ringelein von Gold,
     Mir nicht samt Fingerlein 's Händelein
     Mir nicht samt Händelein 's Mägdelein;
     Von Blech du mir werden sollt!

Note: author given as Chamisso in a catalog of Reinecke's music

Text Authorship:

sometimes misattributed to Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)
by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "An den Ring" [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 Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "An den Ring", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1846) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the ring", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À un anneau", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-12-27
Line count: 15
Word count: 83

À un anneau

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

Tu es un noble petit anneau,
    Ô petit anneau d'or
    Je te glisse à son petit doigt ;
    À son petit doigt d'ivoire
    J'aimerais moi-même m'y enrouler.

Alors si tu me gardes ce petit doigt,
    Ô petit anneau d'or,
    Garde-moi avec la petite main du petit doigt,
    Garde-moi avec la petite demoiselle de la petite main,
    Et je te demeurerai gentil et aimable.

Et si tu ne me gardes pas ce petit doigt,
    Ô petit anneau d'or,
    Et pas avec la petite main du petit doigt,
    Et pas avec la petite demoiselle de la petite main,
    Alors pour moi tu seras du fer-blanc.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 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) misattributed to Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838) and by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "An den Ring"
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-05
Line count: 15
Word count: 102