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by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Therese
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
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:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

You milk‑young boy, why do you look at me so?
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
You milk-young boy, 
why do you look at me so?
What a question 
your eyes have asked!

All the councilmen in the town
and all the wisemen in the world
Would be struck dumb by the question
that your eyes have posed!

A seashell lies 
upon my cousin's cupboard;
Press your ear to it;
then you'll hear something!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive -- https://www.lieder.net/

    For any other purpose, please write to the e-mail address below to request permission and discuss possible fees.


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58