by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842)
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden, Da kam die dunkle Nacht, Kein Blümlein war zu finden, Sonst hätt' ich dir's gebracht. Da flossen von den Wangen Mir Thränen in den Klee, Ein Blümlein aufgegangen Ich nun im Garten seh. Das [wollte]1 ich dir brechen Wohl in dem dunklen Klee, Doch fing es an zu sprechen: „Ach, tue mir nicht weh! „Sei freundlich [in dem]2 Herzen, Betracht' dein eigen Leid, Und lasse mich in Schmerzen Nicht sterben vor der Zeit!“ Und hätt's nicht so gesprochen, Im Garten ganz allein, So hätt' ich dir's gebrochen, Nun aber darf's nicht sein. Mein Schatz ist ausgeblieben, Ich bin so ganz allein. Im Lieben wohnt Betrüben, Und kann nicht anders sein.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Clemens Brentano's Gesammelte Schriften, herausgegeben von Christian Brentano. Siebenter Band. Comödien, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1852, page 83. Appears in Ponce de Leon.
1 Strauss: "wollte"2 Reichardt, Thuille: "im"
Text Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1801/3, appears in Ponce de Leon, first published 1803 [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 Johannes Friedemann , "Ich wollt ein Sträusslein binden", op. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Oertel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Das Sträusslein", op. 41 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1883 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden" [ soprano and harp ], from Valeria-Lieder, aus Clemens Brentanos "Ponce de Leon" 1803, no. 3, Schott Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889), "Ich wollt' ein Sträusschen binden", op. 24 (Vier Lieder im Volkston für Männerchor ) no. 2, published 1880 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Für die Laute componirt" [ voice and lute ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden", op. 68 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 2 (1918/9) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden", op. 24 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "I went to pluck a nosegay"
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je voulais faire un bouquet", copyright © 2012, (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: 24
Word count: 117
I went to pluck a nosegay
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I went to pluck a nosegay When night fell o'er the lea. I could not find a twig or spray, Else I'd brought it to thee. And as my tears were streaming So fast into the dew, A flow'ret I see beaming, The prettiest e'er I knew. For you I'd break so gladly This flow'r which I did find, When I heard speak so sadly, "Oh be not so unkind! Be gracious, noble lover, Look into thine own heart, And let me not in sorrow From this sweet world depart!" And had it not so spoken, This flow'ret sweet, to me, For you its stem I'd broken, But now it shall not be. My love came not this evening, And life is dark and drear. In loving is much grieving And must be so, I fear.
Note: from a Thuille edition (published spelling mistakes corrected).
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "I went to pluck a nosegay" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1801/3, appears in Ponce de Leon, first published 1803
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 136