'Tis my sister's wedding -- the bells are pealing

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by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Meine Schwester hat Hochzeit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Meine Schwester hat Hochzeit -- die Glocken gehn,
Alle Leute nach meiner Schwester sehn,
Meine Schwester trägt Schleier und Myrtenkranz,
Ihre seidne Schleppe fliegt im Tanz.

Der Bräutigam redet und lacht so laut,
Er küßt die zitternden Hände der Braut, --
Meine schmale Hand hat noch niemand geküßt,
Nicht weiß meine Lippe was Liebe ist.

Kein heißes Begehren trat vor mich hin,
Es freite mich keiner, wie schön ich auch bin,
Ich bin's, die nicht Liebe noch Liebsten kennt --
Und mein Blut is jung und mein Mund der brennt!

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Confirmed with Agnes Miegel, Gedichte, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1901, page 8.

Text Authorship:

by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "Meine Schwester hat Hochzeit" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Paul Caro (1859 - 1914), "Meine Schwester hat Hochzeit", op. 38 (Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Wien & Leipzig: Adolf Robitscheck [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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'Tis my sister's wedding ‑‑ the bells...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

'Tis my sister's wedding -- the bells are pealing,
All the people are looking at my sister,
My sister is wearing a veil and a wreath of myrtle,
Her silk train flies in the dance.

The bridegroom talks and laughs so loudly,
He kisses the trembling hands of the bride, --
No one has yet kissed my slender hand,
My lips do not know what love is.

No fervent desire has come to stand before me,
No one has wooed me, however beautiful I may be,
I am the one who knows neither love nor beloved --
And my blood is young and my lips, they burn!

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Translations of title(s):
"Die Schwester" = "The sister"
"Meine Schwester hat Hochzeit" = "'Tis my sister's wedding"

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