from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Der Überläufer
 (Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)
 See base text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
In den Garten wollen wir gehen,
Wo die schönen Rosen stehen,
Da stehn der Rosen gar zu viel,
Brech' ich mir eine, wo ich will.

Wir haben gar öfters beisammen gesessen,
Wie ist mir mein Schatz so treu gewesen?
Das hätt' ich mir nicht gebildet ein,
Daß mein Schatz so falsch könnt' sein.

Hört ihr nicht den Jäger blasen
In dem Wald auf grünem Rasen,
Den Jäger mit dem grünen Hut,
Der meinen Schatz verführen tut.

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

Composition:

    Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Überläufer", op. 48 no. 2 (1853), published 1868, first performed 1890, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El trànsfuga", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De verrader", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The betrayer", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le déserteur", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Into the garden let us go,
Where the beautiful roses stand,
There grow there far too many roses;
I will pluck one where I will.

We have often sat together here,
How faithful was my darling to me!
I would never have imagined
That my darling could be so false.

Do you not hear the hunter blowing his horn
In the green grass of the woods?
The hunter with his green hat,
It was he that seduced my darling.

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

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 102