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Singt ein Falk' all' die Nacht durch, Dicht vor dem Fenster des Milan: "Auf, und erwache, o Milan! Es vermählt sich dein Mädchen, Ladet dich ein zur der Hochzeit; Oder willst du nicht kommen: Sollst deinen Segen ihr senden!" "Laß sie sich vermählen, laß sie; Kommen nicht mag ich zur Hochzeit, Aber ich send' ihr den Segen: Nimmer einen Knaben [gebähre]1 sie! So viel Brot sie verzehret, So viel Weh erdulde sie! So viel Wasser sie trinket, So viel Tränen vergieße sie!"--
1 Loewe: "gebär'"
Text Authorship:
- by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), "Des Jünglings Segen", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1825 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Благосов", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), page 269, Poem 362
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Des Jünglings Segen", op. 15 no. 4 (1824) [ voice and piano ], from Serbischer Liederkreis, no. 4
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The young man's blessing", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La bénédiction du jeune homme", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Andrew Shackleton
This text was added to the website: 2005-07-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 83
Un faucon chante dans la nuit, Près de la fenêtre de Milan : « Debout, réveille-toi, ô Milan ! Ta jeune fille va se marier, Elle t'a invité à son mariage ; Si tu ne veux pas y aller, Alors tu dois lui envoyer ta bénédiction ! » « Qu'elle se marie, qu'elle se marie ; Je n'irai pas au mariage, Mais je lui envoie ma bénédiction : « Qu'elle ne porte jamais un garçon ! Autant de pain elle mangera, Qu'autant de chagrin elle supporte ! Autant d'eau qu'elle boira, Qu'autant de larmes elle verse ! »
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 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), "Des Jünglings Segen", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1825
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Благосов", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), page 269, Poem 362
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 89