Hätt ich irgend wohl Bedenken
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE ITA
Hätt ich irgend wohl Bedenken,
Balch, Bokhara, Samarkand,
Süßes Liebchen, dir zu schenken
Dieser Städte Rausch und Tand?
Aber frag einmal den Kaiser,
Ob er dir die Städte gibt?
Er ist herrlicher und weiser;
Doch er weiß nicht, wie man liebt.
Herrscher, zu dergleichen Gaben
Nimmermehr bestimmst du dich!
Solch ein Mädchen muß man haben
Und ein Bettler sein wie ich.
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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) , "Podria tenir cap dubte", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Would I even think twice about it?", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Credi che potrei esitare", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 12
Word count: 61
Would I even think twice about it?
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Would I even think twice about it?
Balkh, Bukhara, Samarkand.
Dear love, imagine me presenting you
with these cities, their thrills and their trinkets.
Or how about asking the emperor
if he will give you these towns?
He is grander and wiser;
but he doesn't know how to love.
Your majesty, giving such presents
is something you will never bring yourself to do.
For this, you have to have such a girl
and you have to be a beggar, like me.
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Word count: 81