O you gentlemen | O you gentlemen, you worthy ones

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

O ihr Herren

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

O ihr Herren, o ihr werten
großen reichen Herren all!
Braucht in euren schönen Gärten
ihr denn keine Nachtigall?

Hier ist eine, die ein stilles
Plätzchen sucht die Welt entlang.
Räumt mir eines ein, ich will es
euch bezahlen mit Gesang.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866) [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "O ihr Herren", op. 37 no. 3 (1841), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte aus Friedrich Rückerts Liebesfrühling [nos. 2,4,11 by Clara Schumann; the rest by Robert Schumann], no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Wenn die Vöglein sich gepaart", op. 16 no. 5, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Liebeslieder, no. 5, Berlin, Luckhardt

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Oh vosaltres senyors", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "O, gij heren", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "O you gentlemen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (E. Buek)
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ô vous Messieurs", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Margo Briessinck

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

O you gentlemen

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

O you gentlemen, you worthy ones,
great, rich gentlemen all,
don't you in your beautiful gardens
need a nightingale?

Here is one who is seeking for a quiet
little place all through the world.
Make me one, and I will
repay you with song.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 44