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In einem kühlen Grunde da geht ein Mühlenrad, mein Liebchen ist verschwunden, das dort gewohnet hat. Sie hat mir Treue versprochen, gab mir einen Ring dabei, sie hat die Treue gebrochen, das Ringlein sprang entzwei. Ich möcht' als Spielmann reisen weit in die Welt hinaus, und singen meine Weisen und gehn von Haus zu Haus. Ich möcht' als Reiter fliegen wohl in die blut'ge Schlacht, um stille Feuer liegen Im Feld bei dunkler Nacht. Hör' ich das Mühlrad gehen, Ich weiß nicht, was ich will, Ich möcht' am liebsten sterben, Dann wär's auf einmal still.
Note: Kreutzer's version is sometimes erroneously credited to Uhland. The original poem is also sometimes titled "Untreue" and substitutes "Liebste" for "Liebchen" in line 1-3.
Composition:
- Set to music by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Untreue", op. 7 no. 2, published 1826 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Zwölf Volkslieder für vier Männerstimmen, erstes Heft, no. 2, Tübingen: Heinrich Laupp'sche Buchhandlung
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Das zerbrochene Ringlein", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen
- sometimes misattributed to Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "The mill wheel (The broken ringlet)", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans une froide vallée", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La ruota del mulino", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (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.
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Word count: 103
In quella valle, laggiù, gira la ruota d'un mulino, la mia bella è scomparsa, che abitava là. Lei mi ha giurato fede, mi ha dato un anello, ma ha rotto la promessa, l'anellino è spezzato. Vorrei essere un cantore errante, andare per il mondo a cantare le mie melodie di casa in casa. Vorrei essere un cavaliere, correre nella battaglia cruenta, e giacere solo, nella fredda notte, davanti a un tacito fuoco. Sento la ruota d'un mulino che gira, e non so che voglio. Meglio di tutto, vorrei morire, almeno così avrei pace!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Das zerbrochene Ringlein", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen and misattributed to Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
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