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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Der Jäger
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE FRE ITA
Drei Tage Regen fort und fort,
Kein Sonnenschein zur Stunde;
Drei Tage lang kein gutes Wort
Aus meiner Liebsten Munde!

Sie trutzt mit mir und ich mit ihr,
So hat sie's haben wollen;
Mir aber nagt's am Herzen hier,
Das Schmollen und das Grollen.

Willkommen denn, des Jägers Lust,
Gewittersturm und Regen!
Fest zugeknöpft die heiße Brust,
Und jauchzend euch entgegen!

Nun sitzt sie wohl daheim und lacht
Und scherzt mit den Geschwistern;
Ich höre in des Waldes Nacht
Die alten Blätter flüstern.

Nun sitzt sie wohl und weinet laut
Im Kämmerlein, in Sorgen;
Mir ist es wie dem Wilde traut,
In Finsterniß geborgen.

Kein Hirsch und Rehlein überall!
Ein Schuß zum Zeit vertreibe!
Gesunder Knall und Wiederhall
Erfrischt das Mark im Leibe. --

Doch wie der Donner nun verhallt
In Tälern, durch die Runde,
Ein plötzlich Weh mich überwallt,
Mir sinkt das Herz zu Grunde.

Sie trutzt mit mir und ich mit ihr,
So hat sie's haben wollen,
Mir aber frißt's am Herzen hier,
Das Schmollen und das Grollen.

Und auf! und nach der Liebsten Haus!
Und sie gefaßt um's Mieder!
"Drück' mir die naßen Locken aus,
und küß' und hab' mich wieder!"

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Der Jäger" [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 R. von Knebel-Döberitz , "Der Jäger", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4, Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Der Jäger", 1982 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Der Jäger", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 40 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El caçador", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The hunter", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chasseur", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Le chasseur", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il cacciatore", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 193

The hunter
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Three days of non-stop rain,
No sunshine as yet:
Three whole days without a good word
From my love's mouth.

She defied me and I her;
Which is just what she wanted.
It's gnawing at my heart
all this sulking and grumbling.

So welcome to the joy of the hunt
to thunderstorms and to rain!
My hot breast is well wrapped up
ready to exult in taking you on!

Now she'll be sitting at home laughing
and joking with her brothers and sisters;
but I am in the woods at night listening to
the whispers of the old leaves.

Now she'll be sitting and crying her eyes out.
She'll be in her little room with her cares;
but I am cosy like a wild animal
hidden in the darkness.

There is no stag or fawn anywhere.
A shot to kill time.
A healthy bang and an echo
refreshes you deep down inside the body.

But as the thunder dies away
in the valleys and all around
a sudden pain overwhelms me,
my heart sinks to the depths.

She defied me and I her;
Which is just what she wanted.
It's eating into my heart
all this sulking and grumbling.

So, get up! To my love's house
to put my arms round her waist,
"Dry my wet locks,
Kiss me and take me back!"

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Malcolm Wren, (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 Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Der Jäger"
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2006-04-07
Line count: 36
Word count: 223

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