Goede morgen, ’t is Sint Valentijnsdag

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by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876) and sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Seeger (1810 - 1864)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Zweites Lied der Ophelia

(Sung text for setting by R. Strauss)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Guten Morgen, 's ist Sankt Valentinstag,
  So früh vor Sonnenschein
Ich junge Maid am Fensterschlag
  Will euer Valentin sein.
 
Der junge Mann tut Hosen an,
  Tät auf die Kammerthür,
Ließ ein die Maid, die als  ...  Maid
  Ging nimmermehr herfür.
 
Bei Sankt Niklas und Charitas!
  Ein unverschämt Geschlecht!
Ein junger Mann thut's, wenn er kann,
  Fürwahr, das ist nicht recht.
 
Sie sprach: Eh' ihr gescherzt mit mir,
  Verspracht ihr mich zu frei'n.
 
Ich bräch's auch nicht, bei'm Sonnenlicht,
  Wär'st du nicht kommen herein.

Note: according to The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss, ed. by Charles Youmans, Seeger is listed as the translator of Hamlet, but Seeger's translations are quite different. Simrock and Seeger are listed together as the translators for the ten-volume set.

Note (provided by Sharon Krebs): Ophelia’s song is interrupted at several points by various other characters and herself. Those interruptions have not been included above.

Composition:

Richard Georg Strauss

Text Authorship:

by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), no title, appears in Shakespeare in deutscher Übersetzung, in 6. Hamlet, first published 1868
sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Seeger (1810 - 1864)

Based on:

a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Hamlet and misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Deuxième chant d'Ophélie", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 87

Tweede lied van Ophelia

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Strauss)

See original

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Goede morgen, ’t is Sint Valentijnsdag,
Nog vóór de zonneschijn
Ik, jonge meid bij ’t raam, ik mag
Heel graag je Valentijn zijn.

De jongeman trok kleren aan,
Vóór hij de sleutel nam;
Liet ’t meisje in, dat  als maagd
Niet meer tevoorschijn kwam.

Bij Sinterklaas en Sintmelief!
Ze hebben euv’le moed!
Een jongeman doet ’t als hij kan,
Ik zweer, dat is niet goed.

Zij sprak: - Vóór jij zo deed met mij,
Beloofde jij mij trouw.

- t Was niet gebeurd, bij Sinte Geurt;
‘k Moest opendoen wel van jou.’

Translation of title "Zweites Lied der Ophelia" = "Tweede lied van Ophelia"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), no title, appears in Shakespeare in deutscher Übersetzung, in 6. Hamlet, first published 1868 and misattributed to Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Seeger (1810 - 1864)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Hamlet and misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2019-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 92