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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!
1 Loewe: "gäbe dich!"
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]
- 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
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 text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2005-07-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 90
Ah! my cool waterspring! Ah! my rose, rosy-red! Why did you bloom forth so prematurely, Should I pick you, oh rose of mine? I have no one to whom I could give you! If I picked you for my mother: My mother rests deep in her grave! If I broke you gladly for my sister: My sister has departed with her foreign spouse! If I broke you for my brother: My brother has gone forth into battle! If I broke you, ah! for my beloved: Ah! my beloved is far and distant! Beyond three green mountain ranges, far away! Beyond three cool wide waters!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (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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- 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
- 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
This text was added to the website: 2016-10-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 104