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Castagnetten lustig schwingen Seh' ich Dich, Du zierlich Kind! Mit der Locken schwarzen Ringen Spielt der sommerlaue Wind. Künstlich regst Du schöne Glieder, Glühendwild Zärtlichmild Tauchest in Musik Du nieder, Und die Woge hebt Dich wieder. Warum sind so blaß die Wangen, Dunkelfeucht der Augen Glanz, Und ein heimliches Verlangen Schimmert glühend durch den Tanz? Schalkhaft lockend schaust Du nieder, Liebesnacht Süß erwacht, Wollüstig erklingen Lieder -- Schlag nicht so die Augen nieder! Wecke nicht die Zauberlieder In der dunklen Tiefe Schoos, Selbst verzaubert sinkst Du nieder, Und sie lassen Dich nicht los. Tödtlich schlingt sich um die Glieder Sündlich Glüh'n, Und verblühn Müssen Schönheit, Tanz und Lieder, Ach, ich kenne Dich nicht wieder!
About the headline (FAQ)
Note: sometimes titled "An eine Tänzerin"Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von M. Simion, 1841, page 262.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "An eine junge Tänzerin", appears in Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts und das Marmorbild. Zwei Novellen nebst einem Anhange von Liedern und Romanzen, first published 1826 [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 Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Die Tänzerin", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder im spanischen Character, no. 2, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Mansfeldt , "Die Tänzerin", published 1900 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Drei Gedichte als Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "An eine Tänzerin", op. 32b (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph v. Eichendorff) no. 1, published 1919-20 [ voice and piano ], Mainz : Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "An eine junge Tänzerin", op. 10 no. 7 (1885/86), published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], from Aus dem Süden, no. 7, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Robert Volkmann (1815 - 1883), "An eine Tänzerin", op. 30 no. 5 [ men's chorus ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Erich Zeisl.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-27
Line count: 27
Word count: 113
Merrily swinging the castanets I see you, you dainty child! With the dark rings of your curls The warm summer wind plays. Artfully you move your beautiful limbs, Wildly glowing, Gently mild You dive down into the music And the wave lifts you up again. Wherefore are your cheeks so pale, Your shining eyes so darkly wet with tears, And a secret yearning Shimmers glowingly through the dance? Roguishly enticing you look down [upon us], Night of love, Sweetly awakened, Sensuously the songs sound -- Do not cast your eyes down so! Do not awaken the magical songs In the womb of the dark depths, You yourself would sink down enchanted, And they would not let you go. Deadly twines about your limbs The sinful glowing, And fade Must beauty, dance and songs, And I would not recognize you again!
About the headline (FAQ)
Translated titles:"An eine junge Tänzerin" = "To a young dancer"
"An eine Tänzerin" = "To a dancer"
"Die Tänzerin" = "The dancer"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "An eine junge Tänzerin", appears in Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts und das Marmorbild. Zwei Novellen nebst einem Anhange von Liedern und Romanzen, first published 1826
This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
Line count: 27
Word count: 139