Blind man's bluff | In darkness I go searching

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by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Blindekuh

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE

Im Finstern geh' ich suchen,
Mein Kind, wo steckst du wohl?
Ach, sie versteckt sich immer,
Daß ich verschmachten soll!

Im Finstern geh' ich suchen,
Mein Kind, wo steckst du wohl?
Ich, der den Ort nicht finde,
Ich irr' im Kreis umher!

Wer um dich stirbt,
Der hat keine Ruh'!
Kindchen erbarm dich,
Und komm herzu! 
Ja, komm herzu,
Herzu, herzu!

Text Authorship:

by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Blindekuh", 2009 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Blindekuh", op. 58 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 (1871), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La gallina cega", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Blindemannetje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Blind man's bluff", copyright ©
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Milla Valkeasuo) , "Sokkoleikki", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Colin-maillard", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 61

Blind man's bluff

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In darkness I go searching,
My child, where have you hidden yourself?
Oh, she always hides,
And I shall pine away!

In darkness I go searching,
My child, where have you hidden yourself?
I, who never find the hiding-place,
I wander around in a circle!

He who dies for you,
He will have no peace.
Child, have pity
And come here!
Yes, come here,
Here, here!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 66