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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.
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 the collection Vier Zigeunerlieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Peters [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Stinging nettles stand at the side of the road", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Milla Valkeasuo) , title 1: "Polttavat nokkoset kasvavat tien reunassa", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Les orties se dressent au bord du chemin", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Sta l'ortica al bordo della strada", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (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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Word count: 33
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.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 42