With joy, I went riding

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Drei Vögelein

(Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT DUT ENG FRE

Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten
durch einen grünen Wald,
Darin da hört ich singen,
drei Vögelein wohlgestalt.

So sein es nit drei Vögelein,
es sein drei Fräulein fein.
Soll mir das ein nit werden,
so gilt es das Leben mein.

Das erste heißet Ursulein,
Das andre Bärbelein
Das dritt hat keinen Namen,
Das soll des Jägers sein.

Er nahm sie bei den Händen,
Bei ihrer schneeweißen Hand,
Er führts des Walds ein Ende,
Da er ein Hüttlein fand.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

Composition:

Johannes Brahms

Deutsche Volkslieder

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Dri Vogeltjes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je partis joyeusement à cheval", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 96

Three little birds

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

With joy, I went riding
through a green wood,
In it I heard singing,
three shapely little birds.

But it wasn’t three little birds,
it was three fine young ladies.
Should one of them not become mine,
it will cost me my life.

The first was called Uschi,
The next Barbie
The third had no name,
She shall be the huntsman’s.

He took her by the hands,
By her snow-white hand,
He led her to the edge of the wood,
Where he found a cottage.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

Titles in translation
"Drei Vögelein" = "Three little birds"
"Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten" = "With joy I went riding"

Note: Uschi is a diminutive form of the name Ursula.

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