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Stand das Mädchen, stand am Bergesabhang, Widerschien der Berg von ihrem Antlitz, Und das Mädchen sprach zu ihrem Antlitz: ,,Wahrlich, Antlitz, o du meine Sorge, Wenn ich wüßte, du mein weißes Antlitz, Daß dereinst ein Alter dich wird küssen, Ging hinaus ich [nach]1 den grünen Bergen, Pflückte allen Wermut in den Bergen, Preßte bitt'res Wasser aus dem Wermut, Wüsche dich, o Antlitz, mit dem Wasser, Daß du bitter, wenn dich küßt der Alte! Wüßt' ich aber, du mein weißes Antlitz, Daß dereinst ein Junger dich wird küssen, Ging hinaus ich in den grünen Garten, Pflückte alle Rosen in dem Garten, Preßte duftend Wasser aus den Rosen, Wüsche dich, o Antlitz, mit dem Wasser, Daß du duftest, wenn dich küßt der Junge!``
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Text Authorship:
- by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Wüßt ich, Antlitz, wer dich einst wird küssen", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, first published 1852 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка и лице", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 290
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), "Das Mädchen", op. 95 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (1883), published 1884 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Das Mädchen", op. 93a (Sechs Lieder und Romanzen für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1884 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Das Mädchen", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Serbische Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het meisje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La jeune fille", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 122
The maiden stood by the mountain slope; the mountain reflected her face, and the maiden spoke to her reflection: "Truly, my face, O you my worry, if, my pale face, I knew that someday an old man would kiss you, then I would go to the green mountain, pick all the wormwood in the mountains, press the bitter water out of the wormwood, and wash you, O my face, with that water, so that you would be bitter when the old man kissed you! But if, my pale face, I knew that someday a young man would kiss you, then I would go to the green garden, pick all the roses in the garden, press the fragrant water out of the roses, and wash you, O my face, with that water, so that you would be fragrant when the youth kissed you!"
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Translation of title "Das Mädchen" = "The maiden"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Wüßt ich, Antlitz, wer dich einst wird küssen", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, first published 1852
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка и лице", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 290
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 142