Hätt' ich doch, ach, Laso!
All des Zaren Schätze,
Wüßte wohl, ach, Laso!
Was dafür ich kaufte!
Kaufte mir, ach, Laso!
An der Saw' ein Gärtlein.
Wüßte wohl, ach, Laso!
Was ich drinnen pflanzte.
Pflanzte drin, ach, Laso!
Hyazynth und Nelken.
Hätt' ich doch, ach, Laso!
All des Zaren Schätze!
Wüßte wohl, ach, Laso!
Was dafür ich kaufte.
Kaufte mir, ach, Laso!
Dann den Knaben Laso!
Daß er mir, ach, Laso!
Gärtner würd' im Gärtlein!
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The maiden's wish", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 75
Ah, had I but, Lazo,
All the riches of the Czar,
I know well, ah Lazo,
What I would buy with them!
I would buy, ah Lazo,
A little garden on the Sava.
I know well, ah Lazo,
What I would plant therein,
I would plant, ah Lazo,
Hyacinths and carnations.
Ah, had I but, Lazo,
All the riches of the Czar,
I know well, ah Lazo,
What I would buy with them!
I would buy for myself, ah Lazo,
I would buy the lad Lazo,
That he would become, ah Lazo,
My gardener in the garden!