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Wär' ich Arme, ach! ein frisches Bächlein, Wüßte wohl, wo ich entspringen möchte! An der Sawa, an dem kühlen Strome, Wo vorbeiziehn die Getreideschiffe; Daß ich meinen süßen Lieben sähe: Ob noch blüht die Ros' am Steuerruder, In der Hand die Nelk' ihm schon verwelkte! Alles, was ich, ach! am Samstag pflückte, Sonntags gab ich's, daß den Freund es schmückte!
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Die Liebende", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, Zweiter Theil. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, page 130, in the section "Frauenlieder", first published 1853 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Опет жеља дјевојчина", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 263, first published 1841
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Die Liebende", op. 45 no. 1, published 1885 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Serbische Mädchenlieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The woman in love", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 60
Were I, poor wretch, ah! a fresh brooklet, I would know well whence I would desire to burst forth! At the Sava, at the cool river, Where the grain-bearing ships pass by; That I might see my sweet love: [See] if the rose is still blooming on the rudder, [See] if the carnation in his hand had already wilted! Everything that I, ah! picked on Satuday, I gave [to him] on Sunday, so that it might adorn my beloved.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Die Liebende", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, Zweiter Theil. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, page 130, in the section "Frauenlieder", first published 1853
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Опет жеља дјевојчина", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 263, first published 1841
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 79