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Nein, junger Herr, so treibt man’s nicht, fürwahr
German source:
Paul Heyse
Man sorgt dafür, sich schicklich zu betragen.
Für alltags bin ich gut genug, nicht wahr?
Doch bessre suchst du dir an Feiertagen.
Nein, junger Herr, wirst du so weiter sünd’gen,
Wird dir den Dienst dein Alltagsliebchen künd’gen.
No, young man, that's no way to carry on
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
People should try to behave properly.
I’m good enough for weekdays, am I?
But on holidays you look for better.
No, young man, if you keep on misbehaving so,
Your weekday love will hand in her notice.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Nein, junger Herr, so treibt man’s nicht, fürwahr
German source:
Paul Heyse
No, young man, that's no way to carry on
English source:
Richard Stokes
Nein, junger Herr, so treibt man’s nicht, fürwahr;
No, young man, that’s no way to carry on;
Man sorgt dafür, sich schicklich zu betragen.
People should try to behave properly.
Für alltags bin ich gut genug, nicht wahr?
I’m good enough for weekdays, am I?
Doch bessre suchst du dir an Feiertagen.
But on holidays you look for better.
Nein, junger Herr, wirst du so weiter sünd’gen,
No, young man, if you keep on misbehaving so,
Wird dir den Dienst dein Alltagsliebchen künd’gen.
Your weekday love will hand in her notice.
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…