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Schwor ein junges Mädchen: Blumen nie zu tragen, Niemals Wein zu trinken, Knaben nie zu küssen. Gestern schwor das Mädchen - Heute schon bereut es: "Wenn ich Blume trüge, Wär' ich doch noch schöner! Wenn ich Rotwein tränke, Wär' ich doch noch froher! Wenn den Liebsten küßte, Wär' mich doch noch wohler!"
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Text Authorship:
- by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Wie das Mädchen vorschnell schwört", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, in Frauenlieder, Leipzig, first published 1852 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Завјетовање", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 333-4
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), "Vorschneller Schwur", op. 95 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1883?), published 1884 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Vorschneller Schwur", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Serbische Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, 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) , "Voorbarige eed", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Serment irréfléchi", copyright © 2013, (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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'n Meisje had gezworen, Bloemen nooit te dragen, Nimmer wijn te drinken, Jongens nooit te kussen. Gist'ren zwoer het meisje - Nu al heeft ze 'r spijt van: "Zou ik bloemen dragen, Was ik toch nog mooier! Als ik wijn zou drinken, Was ik toch nog blijer! Als 'k de liefste kuste, Voelde 'k mij nog beter!"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Wie das Mädchen vorschnell schwört", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, in Frauenlieder, Leipzig, first published 1852
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Завјетовање", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 333-4
This text was added to the website: 2014-04-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 56