Der Knabe an die Mutter | Jung vermähle mich, o meine Mutter!

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

Момак моли мајку

Language: Serbian (Српски)

Моја мајко, ожени ме млада,
Док ме није обузела брада,
Обузела брада и бркови;
Пак ће онда да реку ђевојке,
Кад ме својој мајци ускажују:
"Нуто, мајко, из међе међеда;"
Или: "Нуто из купуса зеца."

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Момак моли мајку", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), page 380, Poem 528 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870) , "Der Knabe an die Mutter", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835 ; composed by Max Reger.

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Word count: 35

Der Knabe an die Mutter

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Jung vermähle mich, o meine Mutter!
Eh der Bart ganz das Gesicht mir einfaßt,
Und sich Kinn und Schnurrbart mir verschlingen.
Möchten sonst die Mädchen von mir sagen,
Wenn sie einmal mich den Müttern zeigen:
"Mutter, sieh' aus dem Gesträuch den Bären!"
Oder: "Sieh' den Hasen aus dem Kraute!"

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Text Authorship:

by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj, "Der Knabe an die Mutter", 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) , "Момак моли мајку", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), page 380, Poem 528
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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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Der Knabe an die Mutter", op. 75 (Achtzehn Gesänge) no. 3 (1903) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2006-03-30
Line count: 7
Word count: 51