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Ohne Mütterchen zu fragen, Hatt' ich Abends umgeschlagen Meinen schmucken Sarafan -- Ging zum Tanz in später Stunde, Hüpft' und sprang, hub in der Runde Wie ein Kind zu tanzen an. Sarafan, der Mädchen Zier du, O, wie lieblich stehst auch mir du! Und zerrissen im Gedränge, Im Gezerr und Tanz der Menge Ward der schmucke Sarafan -- Mutter schalt; mit eignen Händen Mußt' ich bald zur Hochzeit wenden Meinen schmucken Sarafan. Sarafan, der Mädchen Zier du, O, wie lieblich stehst auch mir du! War mir sonst ein wahrer Jammer So zu sitzen in der Kammer, Schien mir stets zu viel gethan -- Doch zum Hochzeitsschmuck behende Rühr' ich gerne meine Hände, Wende gern den Sarafan! Sarafan, der Mädchen Zier du, O, wie lieblich stehst auch mir du!
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Confirmed with Friedrich Bodenstedt, Alte und neue Gedichte, Erster Band, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R.v. Decker), 1867, page 139.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Das Zigeunermädchen singt:", appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 6. Volksweisen als Intermezzo, no. 3 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert von Hornstein (1833 - 1890), "Das Zigeunermädchen", op. 26 (6 Lieder) no. 2, published 1863 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Die Zigeunerin singt", op. 163 (Friedrich Bodenstedts Lieder für eine Sopran oder Tenorstimme am Piano zu singen), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1853 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin: Ed. Bote und G. Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-07-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 125
In the evening, without asking my mother, I had wrapped myself in My trim and pretty sarafan -- At a late hour I went to the dance, Sprang and leapt, in the circle of people I began to dance like a child. Sarafan, you adornment of maidens, Oh, how beautifully you suit me, too! And in the crowd, in the jostling And dancing of the multitude The trim and pretty sarafan was torn -- Mother scolded, with my own hands I soon had to turn and mend my pretty sarafan To [wear to] my wedding. Sarafan, you adornment of maidens, Oh, how beautifully you suit me, too! In the past, it was a misery for me To sit thus in my chamber, It always seemed that I did that far too often -- But for [my] wedding adornment, I nimbly And gladly bestir my hands, I gladly turn and mend the sarafan! Sarafan, you adornment of maidens, Oh, how beautifully you suit me, too!
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Translations of title(s):
"Das Zigeunermädchen" = "The Gypsy girl"
"Das Zigeunermädchen singt:" = "The Gypsy girl sings:"
"Die Zigeunerin singt" = "The Gypsy woman sings:"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Das Zigeunermädchen singt:", appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 6. Volksweisen als Intermezzo, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2020-07-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 161