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Bitt' ihn, o Mutter, Bitte den Knaben, Nicht mehr zu zielen, Weil er mich tödtet. Mutter, o Mutter, Die launische Liebe Höhnt und versöhnt mich, Flieht mich und zieht mich. Ich sah zwei Augen Am letzten Sonntag, Wunder des Himmels, Unheil der Erde. Was man sagt, o Mutter, Von Basilisken, Erfuhr mein Herze, [Da]1 ich sie sah. Bitt' ihn, o Mutter, Bitte den Knaben, Nicht mehr zu zielen, Weil er mich tödtet.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1904, page 66.
Note: Heyse translated lines 1-20 of the original text to German.1 Weismann: "seit"
Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 30 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Theodor Heinrich Gerlach (1861 - 1940), "Aus spanischer Volkspoesie", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914), "Bitt' ihn, o Mutter", op. 13 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Hermann Krigar (1819 - 1880), "Bitt' ihn, o Mutter", op. 26 (Spanische Lieder übertr. v. Paul Heyse) no. 1, published 1866 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Verwundet", op. 49 no. 3, published 1896 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Spanisches Volkslied", op. 6 (Zehn Lieder) no. 2 (1901/2) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Bitt' ihn, o Mutter, bitte den Knaben", 1889-90, from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 72
Ask him, mother, ask the boy, to stop aiming [his arrows at me] because it’s killing me. Mother, oh mother, whimsical love mocks and placates me, escapes me and beckons me. I saw two eyes last Sunday, wonder of the heavens, mischief of earth. What one says, oh mother, about basilisks, my heart discovered, when I saw them. Ask him, mother, ask the boy, to stop aiming [his arrows at me], because it’s killing me.
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Translator's note for line 2: "the boy", i.e., Cupid.Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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 Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 30 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 20
Word count: 75