by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Mein!
 (Sung text for setting by F. Curschmann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE ITA KOR POR
Bächlein, laß dein Rauschen sein!
Räder, stellt eu'r Brausen ein!
All ihr muntern Waldvögelein,
Groß und klein,
Endet eure Melodein!
Durch den Hain
Aus und ein
Schalle heut' ein Reim allein:
Die geliebte Müllerin ist mein!
Mein!
Frühling, sind das all' deine Blümelein?
Sonne, hast du keinen hellern Schein?
O, so muß ich ganz allein,
Mit dem sel'gen Worte mein,
Unverstanden in der weiten Schöpfung sein!

First published in a substantially different version with the title Das schönste Lied in 1818 in Der Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz, 86stes Blatt; see below.

Composition:

    Set to music by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Mein!", op. 3 no. 4, published 1854 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger

Text Authorship:

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Meva!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "归我", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Mijn!", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Mine!", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Mine!", first published 1855
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Minun !", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À moi !", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Δική μου", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Mia", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "내 것!", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , "Minha!", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 71

Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Beekje, stop je ruisfestijn,
Raderen, stil, nu geen gedein!
Vogels, druk met kwett’rende gein,
Groot en klein,
Houd op met je boslatijn!
Hoor, ravijn:
Het refrein
Moet vandaag een rijmwoord zijn:
De beminde molenvrouw is "mijn"!
Mijn, mijn!
Lente, moet dit heel je voorraad bloemen zijn?
Zonlicht, heb je echt geen hellere schijn?
Ach, het doet zo vrees'lijk pijn,
Met dit zalige woordje "mijn"
Onbegrepen in dit groot heelal te zijn!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2005 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 72