Le loir | Il y avait un berger paresseux

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Es war ein fauler Schäfer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Es war ein fauler Schäfer,
Ein rechter Siebenschläfer,
Den kümmerte kein Schaf.
Da ist der Wolf gekommen,
Und hat ihm weggenommen
Die Schaf und auch den Schlaf.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Die deutschen Volksbücher, Gesammelt und ihrer ursprünglichen Echtheit wiederhergestellt von Karl Simrock, Neunter Band, Frankfurt a.M.: Druck und Verlag von Heinr. Ludw. Brönner, 1856, page 145; also confirmed with Das deutsche kinderbuch: Altherkömmliche Reime, Lieder, Erzählungen, Uebungen, Räthsel und Scherze für Kinder gesammelt von Karl Simrock, Dritte vermehrte Auflage (third edition), Frankfurt am Main, Verlag von Christian Winter, 1800.

See also Goethe's Der Schäfer.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title, written <<1800 [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 Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Siebenschläfer", op. 6 no. 3, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Kinderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le loir", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Le loir

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

Il y avait un berger paresseux,
Un véritable loir,
Qui ne se souciait d'aucun mouton.
Alors le loup est arrivé
Et il a emporté
Le sommeil et aussi le mouton.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title, written <<1800
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 30