May song | Pick roses in order to beautifully

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by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mailied

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

  Pflücket Rosen, um das Haar
Schön damit zu kränzen,
Reihe dich, o junge Schar,
Dann zu frohen Tänzen!

 ... 

  Freuet euch, so lang der Mai
Und der Sommer währet;
Nur zu bald sind sie vorbei,
Und der Winter kehret.

  Lange müsst ihr dann auf's neu
Bei der Lampe sitzen,
Und bei ew'gem Einerlei
Saurer Arbeit schwitzen.

  Pflücket Rosen, um das Haar
Schön damit zu kränzen,
Reihe dich, o junge Schar,
Dann zu frohen Tänzen!

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4,1 of the original text.

Composition:

Robert Schumann

Mädchenlieder (Kulmann Lieder)

IMSLP

Text Authorship:

by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Mailied", appears in Gemäldesammlung in vierundzwanzig Sälen, in 1. Erster Saal, no. 9

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de maig", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meilied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May song", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de mai", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-01-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

May song

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Schumann)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Pick roses in order to beautifully
Wreath your hair therewith,
Then arrange yourself, oh youthful folk,
Into joyous dances.

 ... 

  Be happy as long as May
And summer last;
They shall be gone only too soon
And then winter comes.

  For a long time then
You must sit anew by the lamp,
And sweat over the eternal monotony
Of weary tasks.

  Pick roses in order to beautifully
Wreath your hair therewith,
Then arrange yourself, oh youthful folk,
Into joyous dances.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4,1 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Mailied", appears in Gemäldesammlung in vierundzwanzig Sälen, in 1. Erster Saal, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 89