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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Auf die Nacht in den Spinnstuben

(Sung text for setting by R. Heuberger)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Auf die Nacht in den Spinnstuben
Da singen die Mädchen,
Da lachen die Dorfbuben,
Wie flink geht das Rädchen!
 
Spinnt jedes am Brautschatz,
Daß der Liebste sich freut.
Nicht lange, so gibt es
Ein Hochzeitsgeläut.
 
Kein Mensch, der mir gut ist,
Will nach mir fragen.
Wie bang mir zu Muth ist,
Wem will ich's klagen?
 
Die Thränen rinnen
Mir übers Gesicht --
Wofür ich soll spinnen,
Ich weiß es nicht!

Composition:

Richard Heuberger

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, written 1872, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder [uses numbering from 1872 edition], no. 1, first published 1885

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meisjeslied", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At night in the spinning rooms", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de jeune fille", 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: 16
Word count: 75

At night in the spinning rooms

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Heuberger)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

At night in the spinning rooms,
there sing the maidens,
there laugh the village boys;
how quickly do the little wheels fly!

Every girl is spinning something for her dowry,
so that her lover will be glad.
It won't be long before there
are wedding bells pealing.

No one who is kind to me
asks after me.
How anxious my spirits are;
to whom can I lament my sorrows?

The tears run
down my face:
why should I spin?
I don't know!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, written 1872, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder [uses numbering from 1872 edition], no. 1, first published 1885
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Word count: 82