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Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen
German source:
Paul Heyse
Mit einem Blick schon mich verliebt zu machen?
Ich fing schon andre, die sich höher schwangen;
Du darfst mir ja nicht traun, siehst du mich lachen.
Schon andre fing ich, glaub es sicherlich.
Ich bin verliebt, doch eben nicht in dich.
You think you can catch me with a thread
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Make me fall in love with a mere glance?
I’ve caught others who flew higher,
You can’t trust me if you see me laugh.
I’ve caught others, believe you me.
I am in love – but not with you.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen
German source:
Paul Heyse
You think you can catch me with a thread
English source:
Richard Stokes
Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen,
You think you can catch me with a thread,
Mit einem Blick schon mich verliebt zu machen?
Make me fall in love with a mere glance?
Ich fing schon andre, die sich höher schwangen;
I’ve caught others who flew higher,
Du darfst mir ja nicht traun, siehst du mich lachen.
You can’t trust me if you see me laugh.
Schon andre fing ich, glaub es sicherlich.
I’ve caught others, believe you me.
Ich bin verliebt, doch eben nicht in dich.
I am in love – but not with you.
Composer
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was born on 13 March 1860, the fourth of six surviving children, in Windischgraz, Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was taught the piano and violin by his father at an early age and continued to study piano at the…
Poet
Paul Heyse
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty…