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by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Überraschung
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Serbian (Српски) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
[Schwester rief den Bruder in die Sonne:]1
"Komm, o Bruder, in die helle Sonne,
Daß wir uns am Sonnenstrahl erwärmen
[Und]2 den prächt'gen Anblick [dorten]3 schauen!
Sieh', die straußgeschmückten Hochzeitleute!
Wohl dem Haus, wo sie sich hinbegeben!
Wessen Haus [mag wohl des Zuges]4 harren?
Wessen Mutter die Geschenk' austeilen?
Wessen Bruder Wein mit ihnen trinken?
Wessen Schwester unter ihnen sitzen?" --

[Aber ihr entgegnete der Bruder:]1
"Schwesterchen, sei dessen froh und fröhlich!
Unser Haus ist's, das der Gäste harret,
Unsre Mutter, so die Gaben austeilt,
Ich der Bruder, der mit ihnen Wein trinkt,
Du die Schwester, die bei ihnen sitzet."

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   C. Loewe 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 omitted by Loewe
2 Loewe: "Daß"
3 Loewe: "dort wir"
4 Loewe: "wohl mag der Gäste"

Text Authorship:

  • by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), "Überraschung", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1825 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

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), "Überraschung", op. 15 no. 3 (1824) [ voice and piano ], from Serbischer Liederkreis, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Surprise", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Surprise", 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: 16
Word count: 104

Surprise
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
La sœur appelle son frère au soleil :
« Viens, ô frère, au soleil brillant,
Pour que nous nous réchauffions dans les rayons du soleil,
Et que nous voyions la magnifique vue !
Regarde les invités de la noce avec leurs bouquets !
Bénie soit la maison où ils vont !
À qui est la maison qui attend les invités ?
Qui est la mère qui dispose les cadeaux ?
Qui est le frère qui boit avec eux ?
Qui est la sœur qui est assise avec eux ? »

Mais le frère lui dit :
« Petite sœur, sois joyeuse et heureuse !
C'est notre maison qui attend les invités,
Notre mère qui dispose les cadeaux,
Je suis le frère qui bois le vin avec eux,
Tu es la sœur qui es assise avec eux. »

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), "Überraschung", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1825
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2017-06-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 127

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