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Ging eine Maid zum Weiher In hauchigem Gewand Und löste den dünnen Schleier Mit weißer schmaler Hand. Stand eine Maid am Wasser Wie Birken rank und rein, Ihr Leib war blütenblasser Denn Maienblümelein. Schwamm eine Maid in Wellen, Ein seltener Fisch im Teich, Die Hände zweien Kellen Aus Alabaster gleich.
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Confirmed with Hellmut Draws-Tychsen Nordische Gedichte, Danzig: Danziger Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. (Paul Rosenberg), 1932, page 38.
Text Authorship:
- by Hellmut Draws-Tychsen (1904 - 1973), "Kleine Romanze", written 1928, appears in Nordische Gedichte [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 Julius Gessinger (1899 - 1986), "Kleine Romanze", op. 40, Heft 2 no. 8 (c1939), published 1965 [ baritone and piano ], from Mein Land, no. 8, Schwäbisch-Hall: Musikverlag Schwäbisch-Hall [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A little romance", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-26
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Word count: 50
A maiden went to the pond In a gauzy garment And loosened the thin veil With her narrow white hand. A maiden stood by the water’s edge Like a birch tree lissom and pure, Her body was more blossom-pale Than May flowers. A maid swam in the waves, A rare fish in the pond, Her hands were like Two scoops made of alabaster.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hellmut Draws-Tychsen (1904 - 1973), "Kleine Romanze", written 1928, appears in Nordische Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2022-09-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 63