Jésus mendie | Offre-moi ton peigne doré ;

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE NOR

Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm;
Jeder Morgen soll dich mahnen,
Daß du mir die Haare küßtest.
Schenk mir deinen seidenen Schwamm;
Jeden Abend will ich ahnen,
Wem du dich im Bade rüstest,
O Maria!

Schenk mir Alles, was du hast;
Meine Seele ist nicht eitel,
Stolz empfang ich deinen Segen.
Schenk mir deine schwerste Last:
Willst du nicht auf meinen Scheitel
Auch dein Herz, dein Herz noch legen,
Magdalena?

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Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Jesus bettelt", appears in Weib und Welt [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm", alternate title: "Jesus bettelt", op. 2 (4 Lieder) no. 2 (1899) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Present me with your golden comb", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Jésus mendie", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Jesus tigger / gi meg til gylne kam", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 69

Jésus mendie

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

Offre-moi ton peigne doré ;
Chaque matin te rappellera
Que tu m'embrassais les cheveux.
Offre-moi ton éponge de soie ;
Chaque soir je devinerai
Pour qui au bain tu te prépares,
Ô Marie !

Offre-moi tout ce que tu as ;
Mon âme est sans vanité,
Je reçois avec fierté ta bénédiction.
Offre-moi ton fardeau le plus lourd :
Ne veux-tu point sur ma chevelure
Poser aussi ton cœur, ton cœur,
Madeleine ?

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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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Jesus bettelt", appears in Weib und Welt
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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 67