by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)
Therese
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du milchjunger Knabe, Wie schaust du mich an? Was haben deine Augen Für eine Frage getan! Alle Ratsherrn in der Stadt Und alle Weisen der Welt Bleiben stumm auf die Frage, Die deine Augen gestellt! Eine Meermuschel liegt Auf dem Schrank meiner Bas': Da halte dein Ohr d'ran, Dann hörst du etwas!
Text Authorship:
- by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Therese", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Von Weibern - Alte Lieder, no. 3, first published 1851 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Therese", op. 86 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1878) [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Robert Fischhof, Max Oberleithner, Hans Erich Pfitzner, Franz Philipp, Richard Schweizer, Christian Sinding, Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer, Otto Vrieslander, Hugo Wolf.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Teresa", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Therese", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You milk-young boy, why do you look at me so?", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Thérèse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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