La jeune fille et la rose | Ah ! ma source fraîche !

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by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Mädchen und Rose

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Serbian (Српски)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ach! mein kühler Wasserquell!
Ach! meine Rose, rosenroth!
Was doch blühtest so früh du auf,
Sollt' ich dich brechen, o Rose mein?
Habe keinen, dem ich [dich gäb']¹!
Pflückt' ich dich für mein Mütterlein:
Mütterlein ruht im Grabe tief!
Bräch' ich dich für die Schwester gern:
Schwester gieng mit dem fremden Gemahl!
Bräch' ich dich für den Bruder wohl:
Fort in den Krieg der Bruder zog!
Bräch' ich dich, ach! für meinen Freund:
Ach! der Freund ist weit und fern!
Über drei grüne Gebirge, weit!
Über drei kühle Gewässer, breit!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Loewe

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¹ Loewe: "gäbe dich!"

Text Authorship:

by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj, "Mädchen und Rose", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Mädchen und Rose", op. 15 no. 1 (1824) [ voice and piano ], from Serbischer Liederkreis, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The maiden and the rose", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La jeune fille et la rose", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2005-07-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 91

La jeune fille et la rose

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Ah ! ma source fraîche !
Ah ! ma rose, rouge et rose !
Mais pourquoi fleuris-tu si tôt,
Devrais-je te cueillir, ô ma rose ?
Je n'ai personne à qui je te donnerais !
Si je te cueillais pour ma mère :
Ma mère repose profondément dans sa tombe !
Si je te coupais joyeusement pour ma sœur :
Ma sœur est partie avec son mari étranger !
Si je te coupais pour mon frère :
Mon frère est allé au loin à la guerre !
Si je te coupais, ah! pour mon ami :
Ah ! l'ami est tout au loin !
Derrière trois rangées de montagnes, loin !
Derrière trois larges eaux fraîches !

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj, "Mädchen und Rose", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2017-06-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 100