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[Schmückte]1 mit Laub ein Wäldchen sich, Bruder und Schwester waren drin, Sprach zu dem Bruder [die Schwester so]2: «Bruder, was kamst so lang' Du nicht?» - «Wäre gekommen längst zu Dir; Aber die Fremde läßt mich nicht, Sie, die Fremde, das gute Kind. Sattele oft mein gutes Roß; Aber die Fremde sattelt's ab!» Gürte den scharfen Säbel um, Aber die Fremde schnallt ihn ab; "Wohin, o Liebster, gehest Du? Breit und lang ist die Ebene! Tief ist das trübe Wasser, tief! Gehe nicht, Liebster, gehe nicht!"»
1 in the 1853 version, Jacob has "Laubte"
2 in the 1853 version, Jacob has "das Schwesterlein"
Text Authorship:
- by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), "Bruder, Schwester und Fremde", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1825 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Брат и сестра и туђинка", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 212
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Bruder, Schwester und Fremde", op. 45 no. 7, published 1885 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Serbische Mädchenlieder, no. 7, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Germà, germana i la forastera", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Brother, Sister, and Stranger", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Un bosquet s’havia ornat amb fullatge, un germà i una germana eren a dins, la germana digué al seu germà: «Germà, per què has tardat tant?» – «Fa temps que hauria arribat; però la forastera no em deixà, ella, la forastera, aquella bona noia. Sovint ensello el meu bon cavall; però la forastera el desensella!» Em cenyeixo el meu sabre esmolat, però la forastera me’l descenyeix; «On vas, oh estimat? La plana és extensa i llarga! Profundes són les aigües tèrboles, profundes! No hi vagis, estimat, no hi vagis!»
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), "Bruder, Schwester und Fremde", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1825
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Брат и сестра и туђинка", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 212
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 89