Mannesbangen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE
Du darfst nicht meinen,
ich hätte Furcht vor dir.
Nur wenn du mit deinen
scheuen Augen Glück begehrst
und mir mit solchen
zuckenden Händen
wie mit Dolchen
durch die Haare fährst,
Und mein Kopf liegt an deinen Lenden:
dann, du [Wehrlose]1,
beb' ich vor dir...
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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Band 2, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, 1913, page 60.
1 another version of the poem: "Sünd'rin"
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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):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Temor d’un home", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Masculine fears", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Craintes d'un homme", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Temor d’un home
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch)
No has pas de pensar
que tinc por de tu.
Només quan amb els teus tímids ulls
anheles la felicitat
i amb aitals mans
tremoloses
com punyals
em fregues els cabells,
i quan el meu cap resta al teu maluc:
aleshores, [indefensa]1,
tremolo al teu davant....
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1 the other version of the poem: "pecadora"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 by Salvador Pila, (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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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-02
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Word count: 46