On the purest of spring mornings

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Spröde und die Bekehrte

(Sung text for setting by D. Cimarosa)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FRE ITA RUS

  An dem schönsten Frühlingsmorgen
Gieng die Schäferin und sang,
Jung und schön und ohne Sorgen,
Daß es durch die Felder drang,
So la la! le ralla.
 
  Thyrsis bot ihr für ein Mäulchen
Da drei Schäfchen gleich am Ort,
Sie besann sich nur ein Weilchen;
Doch sie sang und lachte fort,
So la la! le ralla.
 
  Und ein Andrer bot ihr Bänder,
Und der Dritte bot sein Herz;
Doch sie trieb mit Herz und Bändern
So wie mit den Lämmern Scherz,
Nur la la! le ralla.

Composition:

Domenico Cimarosa

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die Spröde"

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "The coy shepherdess", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Revêche", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La ritrosa", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Русский) (Natalia Vyshynska) , "Неприступная", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 90

The aloof and the repentant [shepherdess]

(Sung text translation for setting by D. Cimarosa)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  On the most beautiful of spring mornings
The shepherdess walked along singing,
Young and beautiful and free of care,
Singing so that the song penetrated through the fields,
So la la! le ralla.
 
  Thyrsis offered her for a little kiss
There three little sheep on the spot,
She only thought about it for a little while;
But she continued to sing and laugh,
So la la! le ralla.
 
  And another chap offered her ribbons,
And a third one offered his heart;
But she made fun of heart and ribbons
As she had with the lambs,
Only la la! le ralla.

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