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Ich sitze manchen langen Tag
Mit meinem Kind am grünen Hag,
Wo ich an seinem Herzen [lag,
Am Herzen lag!]1
Da nahm er mich in seinen Arm
Und küßte mich so warm, so warm — —
Davon mir [wurde]2 bittrer [Harm,
Ja bittrer Harm.]3
Sie stießen aus dem Elternhaus
In Nacht und [Elend]4 mich hinaus —
Da ging mir wohl das Lachen [aus,
Das Lachen aus.]5
Ich wäre tot schon sicherlich,
[Du armes Kind erbarmest]6 mich,
Möcht' fluchen dir und küsse [dich,
Und küsse dich!]7
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with the anthology Lieder vom Kuß. Ein Buch deutscher Liebeslyrik aus klassischer und moderner Zeit, herausgegeben von Hugo Grothe-Harkánnyi, Leipzig: Verlag von Max Erhardt, 1890, page 94.
1 Erlanger: "lag."2 Erlanger: "ward so"
3 Erlanger: "Harm."
4 Zemlinsky: "Nebel"
5 Erlanger: "aus."
6 Zemlinsky: "Mein armes Kind, du dauerst"
7 Erlanger: "dich."
Text Authorship:
- by Otto von Leixner von Grünberg (1847 - 1907), "Das verlassene Mädchen" [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 Ludwig von Erlanger (b. 1862), "Du armes Kind", op. 16 no. 4, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder. Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 4, Wien, Gutmann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jakob Fischer (1849 - 1933), "Das verlassene Mädchen", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 höhere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1880 [ high voice and piano ], Wiener-Neustadt, Eduard Wedl [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Das verlassene Mädchen", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 2 no. 5 (1894-6), published 1897 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 92
Many a long day I sit with my child on the green heath, where I lay on his [heart, on his heart!]1 There he took me in his arms and kissed me so warmly, so ardently - and then bitter grief befell [me, yes, bitter grief.]2 They drove me from my parents' house, into the night and [into wretchedness]3 — and all the laughter left [me, left me.]4 I should really be dead, my poor child — I feel sorry for you. I want to curse you and kiss [you, and kiss you!]5
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View text without footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Das verlassene Mädchen" = "The forsaken maiden"
"Du armes Kind" = "You poor child"
2 Erlanger: "me."
3 Zemlinsky: "fog"
4 Erlanger: "me."
5 Erlanger: "you."
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto von Leixner von Grünberg (1847 - 1907), "Das verlassene Mädchen"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 98