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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn
Language: German (Deutsch)
Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn, Röslein auf der Heiden, War so jung und morgenschön, Lief er schnell es nah zu sehn, Sah's mit vielen Freuden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein [roth]1, Röslein auf der Heiden. Knabe sprach: ich breche dich, Röslein auf der Heiden! Röslein sprach: ich steche dich, Daß du ewig denkst an mich, Und ich will's nicht leiden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth, Röslein auf der Heiden. Und der wilde Knabe brach 's Röslein auf der Heiden; Röslein wehrte sich und stach, Half [ihr]2 doch kein Weh und Ach, Mußt' es eben leiden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth, Röslein auf der Heiden.
J. Lang sets stanza 1
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 17.
First published in a different version by Johann Gottfried Herder in 1772 with the title "Fabelliedchen", and again in 1779 with the title "Röschen auf der Heide" (see below).
1 Lang: "schön"2 Reichardt: "ihm"
Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Heidenröslein", written 1771, first published 1772 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Heidenröslein", 2006 [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Heidenröslein", 1796, fragment [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphe Blanc (1828 - 1885), "Haidenröslein", published 1879 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Heidenröslein", WoO. 31 no. 6 (1857), from Volks-Kinderlieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ingeborg (Starck) Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Heidenröslein", op. 25 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Brüssel, London, New York: Breifkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jeannette Antonie Bürde, née Milder (c1799 - 1875), "Heidenröslein", 1825 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Hugo, Freiherr von Dalberg (1760 - 1812), "Röschen auf der Heide", c1795 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin Decker (1810 - 1878), "Heidenröslein", op. 2 (Sieben Lieder) no. 4 [ baritone or alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) Dorn (1804 - 1892), "Heidenröslein", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 4 (1832), published 1834 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Heidenröslein", op. 9 no. 6, published 1845 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], from Lieder im Volkston [first published as Neun Lieder im Volkston], no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel, also set in French (Français), also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard August Grell (1800 - 1886), "Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn", op. 21 no. 4, published 1843 [ voice and piano? ], from [Zwölf] Kinderlieder (auch ohne Begleitung zu singen), no. 4, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Grønland (1761 - 1825), "Heidenröslein" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Christoph Grossheim (1764 - 1841), "Heidenröslein", 1805/6? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Haidenröslein", op. 26 (Vier Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1891 [ mixed chorus ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805 - 1900), "Haidenröslein", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. ) no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Heidenröslein", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 4 (c1840) [ SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Gottlieb Hering (1766 - 1853), "Heidenröslein" [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Haidenröslein", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Heinze [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Haidenröslein", op. 10 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1865 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Haidenröslein", op. 25 (Sechs Quartette für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 1, published 1875 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rafael Joseffy (1852 - 1915), "Heidenröslein" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Christoph Kienlen (1783 - 1829), "Heidenröslein", published 1810, from Zwölf Lieder von Goethe, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Haideröslein", op. 8 (Zehn zweistimmige Lieder (für hohe und tiefe Stimme) mit Pianoforte ), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1875 [ vocal duet for high voice and low voice with piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Lied", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948), "Heidenröslein", 1928, from operetta Friederike [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Haidenröslein", op. 71 no. 4, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Meyer , "Haidenröslein", op. 6 (Neun Lieder) no. 8, published 1878 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn", op. 3 (Deutsche Lieder) no. 4, published 1838 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Crantz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Heidenröslein", c1790-5, published 1795 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Heidenröslein", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Joseph David Naret-Koning (1838 - 1905), "Haideröslein", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Mannheim, Sohler & Donecker [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Heidenröslein", op. 8 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Otto (1809 - 1842), "Heidenröslein", op. 21 no. 6, published 1877 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], from Sechs Lieder für vier Männerstimmen, no. 6, Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Philipp , "Das Haidenröslein", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Haidenröslein", op. 50 (Drei Lieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1878 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Heidenröslein", published 1794 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Heidenröslein", op. 79 (Gesänge und Lieder von Förster, Göthe und Pulvermacher für eine Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran, Tenor oder Bariton-Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published [1832] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Bei C. A. Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Haidenröslein", op. 118 (Gesänge und Lieder für Bass oder Bariton) no. 2b, published 1839 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767 - 1821), "Heidenröslein", published 1793 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder fürs Clavier , no. 10, Bonn: Gestochen und zu haben bey Georg Welsch, Hofmusikus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Haidenröslein", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Heidenröslein", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, D 257 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Heidenröslein", op. 67 (Romanzen und Balladen für Chor (Heft 1)) no. 3 (1849), published 1849 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl) August Schuster (1807 - 1877), "Heidenröslein", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für vier Männerstimmen ohne Begleitung ) no. 3, published 1831 [ vocal quartet of male voices a cappella ], Leipzig, Probst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Stegmayer (1803 - 1863), "Heidenröslein", published 1834 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Heidenröslein", op. 5 (6 deutsche Lieder, mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1830 [ voice and piano ], Halberstadt, Brüggemann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Heidenröslein", op. 53 (Gedichte von Goethe: I) no. 1 (1815?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Heinrich von Weyrauch (1788 - 1865), "Heidenröslein" [sung text not yet checked]
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Eleonore D'Esterre-Keeling (1856 - 1939) ; composed by Niels Wilhelm Gade.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Niels Wilhelm Gade.
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- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Józef Grajnert (1831 - 1910) ; composed by Stanisław Moniuszko.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "野地上的小玫瑰", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Karel Dostál-Lutinov) , "Růžička"
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jan Evangelista Nečas) , "Růže pustých polí"
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Otokar Fischer) , "Růžička"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Heideroosje", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "Rose blossom on the heath", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ESP Esperanto (Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof) , "La rozeto"
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Valter Juva) , "Ruusu metsätiellä"
- FRE French (Français) [singable] (Édouard Bélanger) , "Rose sauvage"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Petite rose de la lande", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Rosellina selvaggia", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 101
A boy spied a tiny rose
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A boy spied a tiny rose, Little rose on the hedgerow, It was so young and beautiful as the dawn, He ran quickly to see it more closely, He looked at it with great delight. Little rose, little red rose on the hedgerow. The boy said, I’ll pick you, Little rose on the hedgerow. The little rose said, I’ll prick you, So that you will always remember me, And I won’t be sorry about it. Little rose, little red rose on the hedgerow. Then the unruly boy plucked The little rose on the hedgerow. The little rose defended itself and struck Suddenly giving him pain, and oh, He will simply have to suffer. Little rose, little red rose on the hedgerow.
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Translation of title "Heidenröslein" = "Hedge rose"Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Heidenröslein", written 1771, first published 1772
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 121