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Text & Translation
Frech und froh II
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sanften Jammer, süßen Schmerz;
Nur vom Tücht'gen will ich wissen,
Heißem Äugeln, derben Küssen.
Sei ein armer Hund erfrischt
Von der Lust, mit Pein gemischt!
Mädchen, gib der frischen Brust
Nichts von Pein und alle Lust.
Cheerful Impudence II
(2005)
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
The gentle moan, the sweet distress;
I’m only interested in someone proficient,
Passionate ogling, rough kisses.
Only poor devils could be refreshed
By pleasure mingled with pain!
Give this lively heart, my girl,
No pain at all and lots of pleasure.
Frech und froh II
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Cheerful Impudence II (2005)
English source:
Richard Stokes
Liebesqual verschmäht mein Herz,
My heart scorns the torments of love,
Sanften Jammer, süßen Schmerz;
The gentle moan, the sweet distress;
Nur vom Tücht'gen will ich wissen,
I’m only interested in someone proficient,
Heißem Äugeln, derben Küssen.
Passionate ogling, rough kisses.
Sei ein armer Hund erfrischt
Only poor devils could be refreshed
Von der Lust, mit Pein gemischt!
By pleasure mingled with pain!
Mädchen, gib der frischen Brust
Give this lively heart, my girl,
Nichts von Pein und alle Lust.
No pain at all and lots of pleasure.
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
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on…