Der Knabe an die Mutter | Jung vermähle mich, o meine Mutter!

Translation by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj

Момак моли мајку

Language: Serbian (Српски)

Моја мајко, ожени ме млада,
Док ме није обузела брада,
Обузела брада и бркови;
Пак ће онда да реку ђевојке,
Кад ме својој мајци ускажују:
"Нуто, мајко, из међе међеда;"
Или: "Нуто из купуса зеца."

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Момак моли мајку", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), page 380, Poem 528 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870) , "Der Knabe an die Mutter", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835 ; composed by Max Reger.

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Der Knabe an die Mutter

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Serbian (Српски)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Jung vermähle mich, o [meine]¹ Mutter!
Eh der Bart ganz das Gesicht mir einfaßt,
Und sich Kinn und Schnurrbart mir verschlingen.
Möchten sonst die Mädchen von mir sagen,
Wenn sie einmal mich den Müttern zeigen:
["Mutter, sieh' aus dem Gesträuch den Bären!"
Oder: "Sieh' den Hasen aus dem Kraute!"]²

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¹ omitted by Reger
² Reger:

"Mutter, sieh' aus dem Gesträuch den Bären,
o Mutter, sieh' den Hasen aus dem Kraute!"

Text Authorship:

by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj, "Der Knabe an die Mutter", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Момак моли мајку", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), page 380, Poem 528
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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 Reger (1873 - 1916), "Der Knabe an die Mutter", op. 75 (Achtzehn Gesänge) no. 3 (1903) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2006-03-30
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Word count: 49