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Jung vermähle mich, [o meine]1 Mutter! Eh der Bart ganz das Gesicht mir einfaßt, Und sich Kinn und Schnurrbart mir verschlingen. Möchten sonst die Mädchen von mir sagen, Wenn sie einmal mich den Müttern zeigen: ["Mutter, sieh' aus dem Gesträuch den Bären!" Oder: "Sieh' den Hasen aus dem Kraute!"]2
1 Reger: "o"
2 Reger:
"Mutter, sieh' aus dem Gesträuch den Bären, o Mutter, sieh' den Hasen aus dem Kraute!"
Text Authorship:
- by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj, "Der Knabe an die Mutter", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Момак моли мајку", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), page 380, Poem 528
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Der Knabe an die Mutter", op. 75 (Achtzehn Gesänge) no. 3 (1903) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El noi a la seva mare", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The young lad to his mother", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le garçon à sa mère", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Peter Schoene
This text was added to the website: 2006-03-30
Line count: 7
Word count: 51
Marie-moi tant que je suis jeune, ô mère ! Avant que ma barbe entoure complètement ma figure, Et que mon menton et ma moustache se dévorent. Sinon les filles pourront dire de moi Quand un jour elles me présenteront à leurs mères : « Mère, regarde l'ours que j'ai trouvé dans les buissons ! » Ou : « Regarde le lièvre que j'ai trouvé dans le potager ! »
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj, "Der Knabe an die Mutter", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Момак моли мајку", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), page 380, Poem 528
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-05
Line count: 7
Word count: 64