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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Die Schwestern
 (Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Wir Schwestern zwei, wir schönen,
So gleich von Angesicht,
So gleicht kein Ei dem andern,
Kein Stern dem andern nicht.

Wir Schwestern zwei, wir schönen,
Wir haben nußbraun Haar',
Und flichtst du sie in einen Zopf,
Man kennt sie nicht fürwahr.

Wir Schwestern zwei, wir schönen,
Wir tragen gleich Gewand,
Spazieren auf dem Wiesenplan
Und singen Hand in Hand.

Wir Schwestern zwei, wir schönen,
Wir spinnen in die Wett',
Wir sitzen an einer Kunkel,
Wir schlafen in einem Bett.

O Schwestern zwei, ihr schönen,
Wie hat sich das Blättchen gewandt!
Ihr liebet einerlei Liebchen --
Jetzt hat das Liedel ein End'.

Composition:

    Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Die Schwestern", op. 61 (Vier Duette) no. 1 [ duet ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Die Schwestern"

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les germanes", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De zussen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Siân Goldthorpe) (Christian Stein) , "The sisters", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Les sœurs", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giulio Cesare Barozzi) , "Le sorelle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Siân Goldthorpe , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 105

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