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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Elslein
 (Sung text for setting by C. Thiel)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FIN IRI
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Ach, Elslein, liebes Elselein,
Wie gern wär' ich bei dir!
So rinnen zwei tiefe Wasser,
Wohl zwischen dir und mir.

Das bringt mir große Schmerzen,
Herzallerliebster Gesell;
Red ich von ganzem Herzen
Hab's für groß Ungefäll.

Hoff Zeit wird es wohl enden,
Hoff Glück wird kommen drein,
Sich in all's gut's verwenden,
Herzliebstes Elselein.

Composition:

    Set to music by Carl Thiel (1862 - 1939), "Elslein", published 1915? [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig: C.F. Peters

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title

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

  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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