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by Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (1585 - 1618)
Translation © by Tinelot Wittermans

Thijsken van den Schilde
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Our translations:  ENG
Het is goet peis, goet vrede
In allen duitschen landen,
Sonder Thijsken van den Schilde;
Hi leit te Delder gevanghen,
Hi leit gevanghen so swaerlijc op sijn lijf.

Dat vrouken van den Schilde,
Si lach op hogher tinnen,
Si sach di heren, di ruyters,
Di borghers comen binnen
Si en sach daer Thijsken, haer liefste boele niet.

"Ghi ruyters ende ghi rovers,
Ghi heren van der straten,
Waer hebdi Thijsken van den Schilde,
Dats minen boel, ghelaten,
Waer hebdi ghelaten di liefste boele mijn?"

"Och vrouken van den Schilde,
Nu en laet u niet verlanghen,
Dat Thijsken van den Schilde
Te Delder leit ghevanghen,
Hi leit ghevanghen, di liefste boele dijn."

Dat vrouken van den Schilde
En woudes niet gheloven,
Si dede haer paerdeken sadelen,
Ja, sadelen ende tomen,
Si reet te Delder al voor dat hoghe huis.

"Och Thijsken van den Schilde,
Ghi en wout mi niet gheloven,
Dat ghi bi daghe, bi nachte
Sout laten u ruiten, u roven,
Sout laten u roven ter halver middernacht."

"Ja, vrouken van den Schilde,
Dat quam bi uwen schulden,
Dat ghi wout draghen dat silver
Dat silver ende roden gulden,
Dat ghi wout draghen dat rode beslaghen gout."

"Och Thijsken van den Schilde,
Haddi dat woort ghesweghen,
Met silver ende roden goude
Haddic u op doen weghen,
Dat u nu sal costen u fiere jonghe lijf."

"Och vrouken van den Schilde,
En soude u dat niet verdrieten,
Dat mi di swarte raven,
Di voghelen souden eten,
Dat mi souden eten so menich clein voghelkijn?"

"Och Thijsken van den Schilde,
En laet u niet verlanghen,
Ic sal u radeken schone
Met rooskens ombehanghen,
 Daerop sal rusten dijn fiere jonghe lijf."

Text Authorship:

  • by Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (1585 - 1618) [author's text not yet checked 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 Willem Pijper (1894 - 1947), "Thijsken van den Schilde", from Acht oud Hollandsche liederen, Deel 2, no. 1. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Tinelot Wittermans) , title 1: "Thijsken van den Schilde", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Tinelot Wittermans

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 50
Word count: 278

Thijsken van den Schilde
Language: English  after the Dutch (Nederlands) 
All is well and peaceful
in all home countries
without Thijsken van den Schilde
He has been caught in Delder
His body lies heavily in prison.

His wife Van den Schilde
Was in a high tower
When she saw the men, the horsemen
the burghers coming in.
She didn't see her Thijsken, her dear lover.

"You horsemen and highwaymen,
You gentlemen of the streets,
Where did you leave my lover,
My dear Thijsken van den Schilde
Where is he, my dear lover?"

"Oh wife Van den Schilde,
You must know
That Thijsken van den Schilde
Has been caught in Delder.
He is in prison, your dear love."

The woman Van den Schilde
Wouldn't believe it.
She let her horse be saddled
Yes, saddled and bridled.
She rode to the high house in Delder.

"Oh, Thijsken van den Schilde,
You wouldn't believe me
That you would get caught
By day or by night,
That you'd get caught at midnight."

"Yes, my wife, Van den Schilde,
It was your own fault
You wanted to wear silver,
Silver and red gold,
You wanted to wear reddish gold."

"Oh, Thijsken van den Schilde
I would have been silent
About silver and gold,
If I had weighed
That it would cost you your beautiful young body now."

"Oh dear wife Van den Schilde
Wouldn't you be sorry
If the black ravens,
If the birds would eat me,
That many small birds would eat me?"

"Oh, Thijsken van den Schilde
That won't happen to you.
I'll take care of you
And I'll hang roses around you
So that your beautiful young body will rest upon them."

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Dutch (Nederlands) to English copyright © by Tinelot Wittermans, (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 Dutch (Nederlands) by Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (1585 - 1618)
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 50
Word count: 270

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