Lament of the tavern-keeper's daughter | A lad departed from the White Steed

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by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wirthstöchterleins Klage

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Vom weissen Rösslein schied ein Knab,
Es zog ihn in die Weite.
Der Wirthin blonde Tochter gab
Dem Wandrer das Geleite.
Und als er um die Ecke bog
Auf Nimmerwiederkehren, 
Die Magd ihr Linnentüchlein zog
Und trocknete die Zähren.

"Es treibt dich fort von Land zu Land 
Zu wandern und zu schweifen.
Du trägst an deiner rechten Hand 
Von Golde einen Reifen.
Darinnen sitzt ein Blutrubin,
Der leuchtet wie ein Funken. -- 
O weh, ich liess dich weiter zieh'n,
Eh' du den Ring vertrunken."

Confirmed with Rudolf Baumbach, Spielmannslieder, Leipzig: Verlag von A. G. Liebeskind, 1883, page 25.

Text Authorship:

by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Wirthstöchterleins Klage", appears in Spielmannslieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Arthur Claassen (1859 - 1920), "Wirthstöchterleins Klage", op. 10, Heft 2 no. 4, published 1883 [ ttbb chorus ], from Zech- und Minnelieder für vierstimmigen Männergesang, no. 4, Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919), "Wirthstöchterleins Klage", op. 13 no. 5, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], from Spielmannslieder von R. Baumbach für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lament of the tavern-keeper's daughter", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

Lament of the tavern‑keeper's daughter

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A lad departed from the White Steed;
He wanted to go wandering far away.
The blonde daughter of the tavern-keeper
Saw the wanderer off.
And as he turned the corner
Never to return,
The maiden took out her linen kerchief
And dried her tears.

"You are somehow driven to wander
And to ramble from country to country.
Upon your right hand you wear
A ring of gold.
In it is set a blood-red ruby,
Which glows like a spark. --
Oh woe, I let you travel on
Before you had sold the ring and drunk up the proceeds."

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Wirthstöchterleins Klage", appears in Spielmannslieder
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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 97