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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Schau, was schleppen die uralten Zwerge?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Schau, was schleppen die uralten Zwerge?
«Schleppen wunderbare Funkelsteine,
Die wir gruben aus dem tiefsten Berge;
Diene uns ein Jahr, so sind sie deine.»
Will nicht, will nicht eure Funkelsteine,
Will Smaragden nicht und nicht Rubinen
Wär' ein einzig Menschenherz das meine,
Wollt', ich all mein Lebtag darum dienen!

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Text Authorship:

by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 27 [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 Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Schau, was schleppen die uralten Zwerge", op. 5 (6 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier) no. 4 (1920) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dis, que charrient les très vieux nains ?", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

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Dis, que charrient les très vieux nains ?

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

Dis, que charrient les très vieux nains ?
«Nous charrions de merveilleuses pierres étincelantes,
Que nous avons extraites des plus profondes montagnes ;
Si tu nous sers un an, elles sont à toi. »
Je ne veux pas, je ne veux pas de vos pierres étincelantes,
Je ne veux pas d'émeraudes et pas de rubis,
S'il existait un seul cœur d'homme qui fût mien,
Je voudrais le servir tous les jours de ma vie !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 27
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-26
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Word count: 72