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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879)

Дјевојка ружици
Language: Serbian (Српски) 
Ах! моја водо студена!
И моја ружо румена!
Што с' тако рано процвала?
Немам те коме тргати:
Ако б' те мајци тргала,
У мене мајке не има;
Ако б' те шеји тргала,
Сеја се моја удала;
Ако б' те брату тргала,
Брат ми је ош'о на војску;
Ако б' те драгом тргала,
Драги је од мен' далеко:
Преко три горе зелене,
Преко три воде студене.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319

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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 65

Mädchenlied
 (Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)
 Matches base text
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Serbian (Српски) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Ach, und du mein kühles Wasser!
Ach, und du mein rotes Röslein!
Was erblühst du mir so frühe?
Hab' ja nicht, für wen dich pflücken!

Pflück' ich dich für meine Mutter?
Keine Mutter hab' ich Waise!
Pflück' ich dich für meine Schwester?
Ei doch, längst vermählet ist sie!

Pflück' ich dich für meinen Bruder?
Ist gezogen in die Feldschlacht!
Pflück' ich dich für den Geliebten?
Fern, ach, weilet der Geliebte!
Jenseit dreier grünen Berge,
Jenseit dreier kühlen Wasser!

Composition:

    Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Mädchenlied", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1878)

Text Authorship:

  • by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852

Based on:

  • a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lied van een meisje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Maiden's song", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de jeune fille", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 78

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