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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Ich stand auf hohem Berge
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Ich stand auf hohem Berge,
schaut' hin und schaut' her,
und da sah ich ein schönes Mädchen,
und da sah ich ein schönes Mädchen,
zwei, drei wohl bei ihr steh'n.

Der Erste war ein Maurer,
der Zweite ein Zimmermann,
und der Dritte, das war ein Husare,
und der Dritte, das war ein Husare,
den wollt' das Mädchen han.

Er führt das schöne Mädchen
in's Wirsthaus hinein,
und das Mädchen hat schöne Kleider,
und das Mädchen hat schöne Kleider,
versoffen müssen sie sein.

Versoffen sind die Kleider,
kein Geld ist mehr da.
Ei so muß das schöne Mädchen,
ei so muß das schöne Mädchen
bei der Nacht nach Hause geh'n.

Ach Mutter, liebe Mutter,
das war ja mein' Freud'.
Denn die Bergischen Husaren,
denn die Bergischen Husaren
sind kreuzbrave Leut'!

Geh'n Abend spät schlafen,
stehn Morgens früh auf,
und da trinken sie ihren Kaffee,
und da trinken sie ihren Kaffee,
Glas Branntwein darauf.

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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), "Ich stand auf hohem Berge", WoO. 33 no. 27, published [1894], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 27, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Ich stand auf hohem Berge", WoO. posth. 37 no. 4 (1859-62), from 16 Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Für ewig", op. 49 no. 32, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Volkslieder nach alten und neuen Gedichte und Handwerker-Lieder, no. 32, Leipzig, Leede [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Angelo Reissland (b. 1833), "Erfüllung", op. 42 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1884 [ soprano or alto and piano ], Berlin, Siegel & Schimmel [sung text not yet checked]

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) , "Ik stond op hoge bergen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (John Madden) , "I stood on a high mountain", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je me tenais sur une haute montagne", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 152

Era damunt una alta muntanya
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Era damunt una alta muntanya
mirant d’ací i d’allà,
i vaig veure una xamosa donzella,
i vaig veure una xamosa donzella
i dos, tres homes al seu costat.

El primer era un paleta,
el segon un fuster,
i el tercer era un hússar,
i el tercer era un hússar,
que volia tenir la donzella.

Portà la xamosa donzella
a dins de la taverna,
i la donzella duia una bonica vestimenta,
i la donzella duia una bonica vestimenta,
que ella vengué per pagar el beure.

Vestits bescanviats per beguda
i ja no restaren més diners.
Ei, la xamosa donzella
ei, la xamosa donzella,
a la nit, hagué de tornar a casa.

Ai mare, estimada mare,
m’ho he passat molt bé.
Car els hússars de la muntanya,
car els hússars de la muntanya,
són gent molt honesta!

Se’n van molt tard al llit,
es lleven d’hora al matí,
i aleshores beuen llur cafè,
i aleshores beuen llur cafè,
amb una copa d’aiguardent.

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Translations of title(s):
"Erfüllung" = "Realització"
"Für ewig" = "Per sempre"
"Ich stand auf hohem Berge" = "Era damunt una alta muntanya"


Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-23
Line count: 30
Word count: 160

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