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Ach, und du mein kühles Wasser! Ach, und du mein rotes Röslein! Was erblühst du mir so frühe? Hab' ja nicht, für wen dich pflücken! Pflück' ich dich für meine Mutter? Keine Mutter hab' ich Waise! Pflück' ich dich für meine Schwester? Ei doch, längst vermählet ist sie! Pflück' ich dich für meinen Bruder? Ist gezogen in die Feldschlacht! Pflück' ich dich für den Geliebten? Fern, ach, weilet der Geliebte! Jenseit dreier grünen Berge, Jenseit dreier kühlen Wasser!
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Text Authorship:
- by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Mädchenlied", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1878) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lied van een meisje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Maiden's song", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de jeune fille", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 78
Ah, et toi ma fraîche rivière ! Ah, et toi, ma petite rose rouge ! Comment peux-tu fleurir pour moi si tôt ? Je n'ai personne pour te cueillir ! Vais-je te cueillir pour ma mère ? Je n'ai pas de mère, je suis orpheline ! Vais-je te cueillir pour ma sœur ? Ah, non, depuis longtemps elle est mariée ! Vais-je te cueillir pour mon frère ? Mais il est parti au champ de bataille ! Vais-je te cueillir pour mon bien-aimé ? Au loin, hélas, mon bien-aimé séjourne ! De l'autre côté de ces montagnes vertes, De l'autre côté de ces trois rivières fraîches !
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 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 Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 94