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Frauenchor: Ei Mühle, liebe Mühle, Wie schau'st so schmuck du heut'! Du trägst geziert mit Blumen Ein sonntägliches Kleid. Du hast selbst deine Giebel Mit Kränzen reich geschmückt, So froh hast du noch nimmer In's Tal hineingeblickt. Ei Waldbach, wie manierlich Trollst du am Haus vorbei! Du fleissig Rad der Mühle, Bist du heut' arbeitsfrei, Ei Knappen, liebe Knappen, Wie seht so schmuck ihr heut', Ihr tragt, verziert mit Bändern, Das schönste Sonntagskleid. Ihr habt die neuen Hüte Mit Blumen reich geschmückt Und sie kokett manierlich Schräg auf den Kopf gedruckt. Ei Knappen - Warum feiern, Am Wochentage heut', Das fleiss'ge Rad der Mühle, Und ihr, die fleiss'gen Leut?
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Text Authorship:
- by Moritz Horn (1814 - 1874) [author's text not yet checked 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 Schumann (1810 - 1856), no title, op. 112 no. 20, published 1852 [ solo voices, chorus, and piano ], from oratorio Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, no. 20, Leipzig, Kistner
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-30
Line count: 25
Word count: 108
Women's chorus: Ah mill, dear mill, How festive you look today! Bedecked with flowers, you look like you're Wearing your Sunday best. Even your dormers you have Richly adorned with wreaths. Thus joyfully you have never Looked into the valley Ah forest stream, how decorously You saunter past the house! You diligent millwheel, Today you are having a holiday, Ah squires, dear squires, How festive you look today! You're wearing, decorated with ribbons, Your Sunday best. You have richly decorated Your new hats with flowers And coquettishly pressed them properly Slantwise upon your heads. Ah, squires - why are resting Today on a weekday The diligent millwheel And you, the diligent people?
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Moritz Horn (1814 - 1874)
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-08
Line count: 25
Word count: 111