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Ach, [Elselein, liebes Elselein mein]1, Wie gern wär' ich bei dir! So [sind]2 zwei tiefe Wasser, Wohl zwischen dir und mir. Das bringt mir große Schmerzen, Herzallerliebster Gesell; Red ich von ganzem Herzen [Halt's]3 für groß Ungefäll. Hoff Zeit [werd]4 es wohl enden, Hoff Glück [werd kummen]5 drein, Sich in all's gut's verwenden, Herzliebstes Elselein.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Original-Weisen, ed. by Andreas Kretzschmer, Berlin, Vereins-Buchhandlung, 1838, page 32. The second of three in an unnamed set. The first is here and the third is here.
1 Senfl, Thiel: "Elslein, liebes Elselein"; Volkmann: "Elslein, liebes Elslein"2 Senfl: "fließen"; Thiel: "rinnen"
3 Senfl, Thiel: "Hab's"
4 Senfl, Thiel: "wird"
5 Thiel, Volksmann: "wird kommen"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Karl Friedrich) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Ach Elslein, liebes Elslein", op. 38 (Zwei altdeutsche Lieder, für 1. Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Dorn (1848 - 1931), "Altdeutsches Liebeslied", op. 32 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Herzliebstes Elselein", op. 49 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1879 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Senfl (c1490 - 1543), "Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein", 1534 [ SATB quartet a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Thiel (1862 - 1939), "Elslein", published 1915? [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig: C.F. Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Ach Elslein!", op. 7 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 5, published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Robert Volkmann (1815 - 1883), "Zwei Wasser", op. 67 no. 4 [ soprano, tenor, piano ], from Sechs Duette auf alt-deutsche Texte, no. 4, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-01
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A Eilsín, ’Eilsínín, a stór Nárbh aoibhinn bheith led thaobh! Ach gabhann uiscí doimhne ’Dir mé is tú, a chraobh. Is arraing mhór im chroí é A mhian is a bhean thar chách Is deirimse le fír’nne Gur ormsa tá an mí-ádh. Lá eile é amárach Is athróidh mo chinniúint Beidh gach aon ní go hálainn A Eilsínín, a rún.
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2014 by Gabriel Rosenstock.
This author's work falls under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons license.
Gabriel Rosenstock. Contact: grosenstock04 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title
This text was added to the website: 2014-12-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 60