Mägdlein am Spinnrad wacht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Mägdlein am Spinnrad wacht
Einsam traurig Tag und Nacht!
Fern des Bächleins Wasser sprang,
Wind weht leis, die Drossel sang!
Zweiglein man holt im Wald,
Werd' ich nicht geholt auch bald?
Zeit entflieht, 's geht hin das Jahr,
Niemand führt mich zum Altar.
Spinn, spinn! Spinn Tochter mein,
Morgen kommt der Freier dein!
Tochter spann, die Thräne rann,
Niemals kam der Freiersmann.
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Confirmed with Liederbuch, Herausgegeben vom Verbande Deutscher Post- u. Telegraphen-Assistenten, Berlin: Selbstverlag des Verbandes Deutscher Post- u. Telegraphen-Assistenten, 1898, page 91.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The maiden at the spinning wheel", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The maiden at the spinning wheel
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The maiden keeps watch at the spinning wheel,
Solitary and sad, day and night!
Far off, the waters of the brooklet leapt,
The wind blew quietly, the thrush sang!
One fetches twigs from the forest,
Shall not I be fetched soon as well?
Time flies fast, the year passes,
No one leads me to the altar.
Spin, spin! Spin, daughter of mine,
Tomorrow your suitor shall come!
The daughter spun, her tears flowed,
The suitor never came.
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