Den weißen Weizen hüten (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by (Benjamin Britten)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn

Language: Welsh (Cymraeg)

Available translation(s): FRE GER

My sy'n fachgen ifanc ffôl
Yn caru'n ôl fy ffansi,
Myfi'n bugeilio'r gwenith gwyn,
Ac arall yn ei fedi.

Pam na ddeui ar fy ôl 
Rhyw ddydd ar ôl ei gilydd?
Gwaith 'rwy'n dy weld, y feinir fach,
Yn lanach, lanach beunydd.

Tra bo dwr y môr yn hallt,
A thra bo'ngwallt yn tyfu;
A thra bo calon yn fy mron,
Mi fyddai'n ffyddlon iti.

Dywed imi'r gwir heb gêl,
A rho dan sêl d'atebion:
P'run ai myfi, ai arall, Gwen,
Sydd orau gen dy galon?

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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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn", 1976 [voice and harp], from 8 Folk Song Arrangements, no. 5. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Osian Gwynn Ellis) , title 1: "For I had wooed her oft and long", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Surveiller le blé blanc", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Den weißen Weizen hüten", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 86

Den weißen Weizen hüten

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Welsh (Cymraeg)

Bin ein Bursche, schlicht und jung,
der nichts als Lieb’ begehret;
ich schau dem weißen Weizen zu -
die Ernt’ ist mir verwehret.

Warum denn willst du nicht mit mir
geh’n irgendwann im Leben?
Wenn ich dich seh’, kann schöner ich
dich jedes Mal erleben.

Solang das Meer noch salzig schmeckt,
solang mir wachsen Haare,
solang in mir ein Herz noch schlägt,
ich dich im Herz bewahre.

Sag es mir, Gwen, sag frank und frei,
dass du an mich nur denkest,
und halte fest, dass es so sei,
und mir dein Herz du schenkest.

Authorship

Singable translation from Welsh (Cymraeg) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (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 Welsh (Cymraeg) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

This text was added to the website: 2015-09-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 94