Ai, i tu fresca aigua meva!

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by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Ach, und du mein kühles Wasser!

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Serbian (Српски)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Ach, und du mein kühles Wasser!
Ach, und du mein rotes Röslein!
Was erblühst du mir so frühe?
Hab' ja nicht, für wen dich pflücken!

Pflück' ich dich für meine Mutter?
Keine Mutter hab' ich Waise!
Pflück' ich dich für meine Schwester?
Ei doch, längst vermählet ist sie!

Pflück' ich dich für meinen Bruder?
Ist gezogen in die Feldschlacht!
Pflück' ich dich für den Geliebten?
Fern, ach, weilet der Geliebte!
Jenseit dreier grünen Berge,
Jenseit dreier kühlen Wasser!

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Text Authorship:

by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
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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), "Mädchenlied", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1878) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lied van een meisje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Maiden's song", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de jeune fille", copyright © 2011, (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: 14
Word count: 78

Ai, i tu fresca aigua meva!

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Ai, i tu fresca aigua meva!
Ai, i tu vermella rosa meva!
Per què floreixes tan aviat?
No tinc ningú per a qui collir-te!

Et cullo per a la meva mare?
No tinc mare, sóc òrfena!
Et cullo per a la meva germana?
Ai no, fa temps que està casada!

Et cullo per al meu germà?
Ell ha estat cridat al camp de batalla!
Et cullo per al meu estimat?
Lluny, ai, rau l’estimat!
A l’altre costat de tres verdes muntanyes,
a l’altre costat de tres frescos rius!

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Translations of title(s):
"Mädchenlied" = "Cançó de la donzella"
"Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe" = "Petita rosa, per què floreixes tan aviat"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2022-07-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 88