Stinging nettles stand at the side of the road | Stinging nettles stand at the side of the road

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by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Brennessel steht am Wegesrand

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA

Brennessel steht am Wegesrand,
Neider und Feinde hab' ich in Stadt und Land.
Neidet, haßt, verleumdet, 
doch das bringt mir keine Not,
Wenn mir nur mein süßes Liebchen 
treu bleibt bis zum Tod.

Text Authorship:

by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906) [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Brennessel steht am Wegesrand", op. 112 (Sechs Quartette für S., A., T. und B. mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1891), published 1892 [ SATB quartet and piano ], from Vier Zigeunerlieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Stinging nettles stand at the side of the road", copyright ©
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Milla Valkeasuo) , "Polttavat nokkoset kasvavat tien reunassa", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les orties se dressent au bord du chemin", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sta l'ortica al bordo della strada", copyright © 2008, (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.
Line count: 6
Word count: 33

Stinging nettles stand at the side of the road

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Stinging nettles stand at the side of the road:
envious and hate-filled people surround me, in town and country.
I am envied, hated, slandered - 
and yet it brings me no sorrow,
so long as my sweet darling 
remains true till death.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 41