Büsche und Dorngesträuch | Durch Büsche und durch Dornen nahm ich jüngst meinen Weg

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Bushes and briars

Language: English

Our translations: GER ITA

Through bushes and through briars I lately took my way;
All for to hear the small birds sing and the lambs to skip and play.
I overheard my own true love, her voice it was so clear;
"Long time I have been waiting for the coming of my dear.
Sometimes I am uneasy and troubled in my mind,
Sometimes I think I'll go to my love and tell to him my mind.
And if I should go to my love, my love he will say nay,
If I show to him my boldness, he'll ne'er love me again."

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Bushes and briars" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Cespugli ed erica", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Büsche und Dorngesträuch", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 98

Büsche und Dorngesträuch

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Durch Büsche und durch Dornen nahm ich jüngst meinen Weg,
nur um der Vöglein Lied zu hör'n und Lämmlein tollen sehn.
Da hört ich, wie die Liebste sang, sie sang so hell und klar:
"Ich warte schon so lange, dass mein Liebster kommt, fürwahr.
Manchmal ist mir so bange und sorgenschwer zumut,
manchmal wollt ich zum Liebsten gehn, erzähl'n, wie mir zumut.
Und würd' ich je zum Liebsten gehn, dann wird er sagen nein,
wenn ich je so verwegen bin, wird nie mein Liebster mehr sein.

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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 86