[Ich]1 armes Klosterfräulein! O Mutter! was hast du gemacht! Lenz ging am Gitter vorüber, [Hat]2 mir kein Blümlein gebracht. [Ach]3, wie weit, weit [dort]4 unten Zwei Schäflein gehen im Tal! Viel Glück, ihr Schäflein, ihr [sahet]5 Den Frühling zum erstenmal! [Ach]3, wie weit, weit [dort]4 oben Zwei Vöglein fliegen in Ruh'! Viel Glück, ihr Vöglein, ihr flieget Der besseren Heimat zu!
Neue Lieder für gemischte Stimmen
by Max Joseph Winkler (1810 - 1884)
1. Das Klosterfräulein  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Klosterfräulein", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, first published 1807
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kloosterzustertje", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Siân Goldthorpe) (Christian Stein) , "The young nun", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Hélas, hélas, moi petite nonne", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giulio Cesare Barozzi) , "La monachella", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Freirinha", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, page 156.
1 Winkler: "Ach ich"; Brahms and Kursch: "Ach, ach, ich"2 Brahms: "und hat"
3 Brahms: "Ach, ach"
4 Brahms: "hier"
5 Leberl: "seht ja"; Winkler: "sehet"
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