Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE
Herzliebe, gute Mutter!
O grolle nicht mit mir,
Du sahst den Hans mich küssen,
Doch ich kann nichts dafür,
Ich will dir Alles sagen,
Doch habe nur Geduld,
Das Echo drauss'n am Hügel
Beim Bügel,
Das ist an Allem Schuld.
Ich saß dort auf der Wiese,
Da hat er mich gesehn,
Doch blieb er ehrerbietig
Hübsch in der Ferne stehn,
Und sprach: "Gern trät ich näher,
Nähmst du's nicht übel auf;
Sag', bin ich dir willkommen?" -
"Kommen!"
Rief schnell das Echo drauf.
...
Vergnügt sagt' er mir weiter,
Er wäre mir schon oft
Von fern gefolgt, und hätte
Zu sprechen mich gehofft,
Doch fruchtlos war es immer,
Denn macht' er's noch so fein,
Bemerkt hätt' ich ihn nimmer. -
"Immer!"
Fiel nun das Echo ein.
Das hört' er, und hat näher
Zu rücken mir gewagt,
Er glaubte wohl ich hätte
Das Alles ihm gesagt:
"Erlaubst du", sprach er zärtlich:
"Daß ich als meine Braut
Dich recht von Herzen küsse?"
"Küsse!"
Schrie jetzt das Echo laut.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4,5 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Jeannette Antonie Bürde, née Milder (c1799 - 1875), "Das Echo", op. 7 no. 2, published 1850, stanzas 1,2,4,5 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg: Verlag der Heinrichshofen'schen Musikalien-Handlung
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'eco", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De echo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The echo", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'écho", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Sharon Krebs
[Senior Associate Editor], Peter Rastl
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 63
Word count: 301
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Dear, good mother,
don't me angry with me;
you saw Hans kiss me,
but I can't do anything about it;
I will tell you everything,
just have patience:
the echo outside on the hill,
where it bows -
it is entirely at fault.
I was sitting there on the meadow,
and there he saw me,
yet he offered
to keep his distance
and said, "I would gladly come closer,
if you did not take it amiss.
Tell me, am I welcome?
"Come!"
the echo called quickly.
...
...
He heard this and dared
to move closer to me:
he believed that I had
said all of this to him!
"Would you," he asked tenderly,
"Be my bride, and grant me
heart-felt kisses?"
"Kisses!"
the echo shouted loudly.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4,5 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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