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by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876)
Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Des Liebsten Schwur
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Ei, schmollte mein Vater nicht wach und im Schlaf,
So sagt' ich ihm, wen ich im Gärtelein traf.
Und schmolle nur, Vater, und schmolle nur fort,
Ich traf den Geliebten im Gärtelein dort.

Ei, zankte mein Vater nicht wieder sich ab,
So sagt' ich ihm, was der Geliebte mir gab.
Und zanke nur, Vater, mein Väterchen du, 
Er gab mir ein Küßchen und eines dazu.

Ei, klänge dem Vater nicht staunend das Ohr,
So sagt' ich ihm, was der Geliebte mir schwor.
Und staune nur, Vater, und staune noch mehr,
Du gibst mich doch einmal mit Freuden noch her.

Mir schwor der Geliebte so fest und gewiß,
Bevor er aus meiner Umarmung sich riß:
Ich hätte am längsten zu Hause gesäumt,
Bis lustig im Felde die Weizensaat keimt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Des Liebsten Schwur", appears in Westslawischer Märchenschatz, Leipzig, first published 1857 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
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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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Des Liebsten Schwur", op. 69 (Neun Gesänge) no. 4 (1877), published 1877, first performed 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

Another version of this text exists in the database.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El jurament de l’estimat", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De eed van mijn liefste", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My beloved's oath", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le serment de mon bien-aimé", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il giuramento dell'amato", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 128

Il giuramento dell'amato
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Ah, se mio padre non tenesse il broncio, o è sveglio o dorme,
gli direi chi incontravo in giardino.
E tienimi pure il broncio, papà,.tienilo,
ho incontrato il mio amato là in giardino.

Ah, se mio padre non fosse sempre arrabbiato
gli direi che cosa mi diede il mio amato.
E arrabbiati, papà, arrabbiati pure:
Mi ha dato un bacetto, e poi un altro ancora.

Ah, se non suonasse così strano all'orecchio di mio padre
gli direi che cosa mi giurò il mio amore.
E stupisciti, papà, stupisciti ancora di più,
non mi daresti mai a lui con gioia:

Mi ha giurato il mio amato, sicuro e convinto,
prima di staccarsi dal mio abbraccio:
Io resterei a casa almeno fino a quando
il grano sarà lietamente creciuto nei campi.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2007 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Des Liebsten Schwur", appears in Westslawischer Märchenschatz, Leipzig, first published 1857
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

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

 

This text was added to the website: 2007-04-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 129

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