The girl and the hazelnut | Once, a girl wanted to go pick

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Christian Anderson

Es wollt ein Mädchen brechen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Es wollt ein Mädchen brechen
gehn die Rosen in der Heide;
Was fand sie da am Wege stehn?
Ein Hasel, die war grüne.
Was fand sie da am Wege stehn?
Ein Hasel, die war grüne.

Gutn Tag, gutn Tag, lieb Hasel mein,
Warum bist du so grüne?
Hab Dank, hab Dank, wacker Mägdelein,
Warum bist du so schöne?
Hab Dank, hab Dank, wacker Mägdelein,
Warum bist du so schöne?

Warum daß ich so schöne bin,
Das will ich dir wohl sagen;
Ich eß weiß Brot, trink kühlen Wein,
Davon bin ich so schöne;
Ich eß weiß Brot, trink kühlen Wein,
Davon bin ich so schöne.

Iß'st du weiß Brot, trinkst kühlen Wein
Und bist davon so schöne,
So fällt alle Morgen Tau auf mich,
Davon bin ich so grüne.
So fällt alle Morgen Tau auf mich,
Davon bin ich so grüne.

So fällt alle Morgen Tau auf dich
Und bist davon so grüne;
Wenn aber ein Mädchen seinen Kranz verliert,
Sie kriegt ihn nimmer wieder.
Wenn aber ein Mädchen seinen Kranz verliert,
Sie kriegt ihn nimmer wieder.

Wills Mädchen ihren Kranz behalten,
Zu Hause muß sie bleiben;
Darf nicht auf alle Narrentanz gehn,
Die Narrentanz muß sie meiden.
Darf nicht auf alle Narrentanz gehn,
Die Narrentanz muß sie meiden.

Hab Dank, hab Dank, lieb Hasel mein,
Daß du mir das gesaget,
Hatt mich sonst heut aufn Narrentanz bereit't,
Zu Hause will ich nun bleiben.
Hatt mich sonst heut aufn Narrentanz bereit't,
Zu Hause will ich nun bleiben.

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Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Max Joseph Beer (1851 - 1908), "Es wollt' ein Mädchen brechen gehn die Rosen", op. 27 no. 2, published 1882 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Vier altdeutsche Lieder aus dem Wunderhorn für Männerchor, no. 2, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Das Mädchen und die Hasel", WoO. 31 no. 10 (1857), from Volks-Kinderlieder, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Das Mädchen und die Haselstaude", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Jugend-Lieder, no. 8, Wien : Albert J. Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het meisje en de hazelaar", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "The girl and the hazelnut", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La fille et le noisetier", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 42
Word count: 247

The girl and the hazelnut

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Once, a girl wanted to go pick
roses on the heath;
What did she find on the way?
A hazelnut that was green.
What did she find on the way?
A hazelnut that was green.

Hello, hello, my dear hazelnut
Why are you so green?
Thanks, thanks, brave little girl,
Why are you so pretty?
Thanks, thanks, brave little girl,
Why are you so pretty?

The reason for my beauty
I will tell you well;
I eat white bread, drink cool wine
which makes me so beautiful
I eat white bread, drink cool wine
which makes me so beautiful.

You eat white bread, drink cool wine
and that makes you so beautiful,
Even so, every morning dew falls on me
which makes me so green.
Even so, every morning dew falls on me
which makes me so green.

So falls morning dew on you
which makes you so green;
But if a girl loses her crown
she never gets it back.
But if a girl loses her crown
she never gets it back.

If a girl wants to keep her crown
She must never leave the house
should not go to the foolish dances,
avoid foolish dances completely.
should not go to the foolish dances,
avoid foolish dances completely.

Thanks, thanks, my dear Hazelnut
for telling me this,
I was ready for the foolish dance today
Now, I want to stay home.
I was ready for the foolish dance today
Now, I want to stay home.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Christian Anderson.
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Word count: 246