Rose, the miller girl | Little bird of the meadows, I would like to leave and

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by Hedwig von Stägemann (1799 - 1891)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Rose, die Müllerin

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wie's Vöglein möcht' ich ziehen
In grüne Wälder fliehen,
Ich hab' das Grün so gern!

Will grün verhängen mein Fensterlein,
Den Boden mit grünem Kalmus streu'n,
Ich hab' das Grün so gern!

Horch! Hörst den Waidmann pfeifen?
O, könnt' ich mit ihm schweifen,
Ich hab' das Grün so gern!

Hinaus mit dem rufenden Hörnerklang,
Durch sonnendurchflochtenen Fichtengang,
Ich hab' das Jagen so gern!

Wies Knösplein will ich leben,
Mit Grün mich dicht umgeben,
Ich hab' das Grün so gern!

Nein, blick' mich nicht so fragend an,
Sieh' nicht so bleich, Du Müllersmann,
Ich hab' das Grün so gern! --

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• L. Berger

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hedwig v. Olfers geb. v. Staegemann, nebst Nachrufen von Herman Grimm, Erich Schmidt und Ernst v. Wildenbruch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1892, page 15.

Text Authorship:

by Hedwig von Stägemann (1799 - 1891), "Rose, die Müllerin", subtitle: "1816", written 1816 [author's text checked 1 time 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 (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Rose, die Müllerin", op. 11 no. 8, published 1818, from Gesänge aus einem gesellschaftlichen Liederspiele "Die schöne Müllerin", no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Rose, the miller girl", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 99

Rose, the miller girl

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Little bird of the meadows, I would like to leave and
Fly off into the green woods,
I like green so much!

I want to hang green in my little window and 
Strew calamus reeds on the floor,
I like green so much!

Listen! You can hear the huntsman piping!
Oh, if only I could stray off with him
I like hunting so much!

Let's go off to the sound of blaring horn calls
Through the sunlight down the plaited spruce path
I like hunting so much!

Little bud on the meadow, I want to live
Thickly surrounded by green all around me
I like green so much!

No, do not look at me so inquisitively,
Don't appear so pale, miller man.
I like green so much!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hedwig von Stägemann (1799 - 1891), "Rose, die Müllerin", subtitle: "1816", written 1816
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 127