Unterm Baum im Maienwald | Unterm Baum im Maienwald

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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Translation © by Julia Hamann

Under the greenwood tree

(Sung text for setting by I. Gurney)

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Language: English

Our translations: DUT GER

Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird's throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.

Who doth ambition shun,
And loves to live i' the sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleas'd with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Ivor (Bertie) Gurney

Five Elizabethan Songs (The Elizas)

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in As You Like It, Act II, Scene 5

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Mark de Vries) , "Onder het loofdak", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot)
GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Hamann) , "Unterm Baum im Maienwald", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 127

Unterm Baum im Maienwald

(Sung text translation for setting by I. Gurney)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Unterm Baum im Maienwald
wer's liebt zu lagern neben mir,
und sein heiteres Augenmerk richtet
auf des süssen Vogels Kehle
komm' näher, komm' näher, komm' näher:
Hier soll der treffen auf
keinen Feind
außer Wind und Wetter.

Wer Ehrgeiz meidet
und das Leben in der Sonne liebt,
die Nahrung suchend, die er braucht,
erfreut von dem, was er bekommt -
komm' näher, komm' näher, komm' näher:
Hier soll der treffen auf
keinen Feind --
nur Winter und schlechtes Wetter.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2007 by Julia Hamann, (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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a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in As You Like It, Act II, Scene 5
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This text was added to the website: 2007-08-28
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