Es jagt ein Jäger wohlgemut
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE
Es [jagt ein Jäger wohlgemut]1,
Er jagt aus frischem freien Mut
Wohl unter grünen Linden,
Er jagt derselben Tierlein viel,
Mit seinen schnellen Winden.
Er jagt über Berg und tiefe Tal,
Unter den Stauden überall.
Sein Hörnlein tät er blasen,
Sein Lieb wohl auf den Jäger harrt,
Dort auf der grünen Straßen.
Er spreit den Mantel in das Gras,
Bat, daß sie zu ihm nieder saß,
Mit weissem Arm umfangen:
«Gehab dich wohl mein Trösterin,
Nach dir steht mein Verlangen.
Uns netzt kein Reif, uns kühlt kein Schnee,
Es brennen noch im grünen Klee,
Zwei Röslein auf der Heiden,
In Liebesschein, in Sonnenschein,
Die zwei soll man nicht scheiden.»
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1 Rudorff: "jaget ein Jäger so wohlgemuth"; further changes may exist not noted above.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Jäger Wohlgemuth", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Chor) no. 6, published 1878 [ four-part chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Jägers Wohlmut", op. 91 (Romanzen für Frauenstimmen (Heft 2)) no. 2 (1849), published 1851 [ SSAA quartet and piano ], Bonn, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Zipp (1914 - 1997), "Jägers Wohlmut", op. 5 (Wunderhorn Lieder) no. 5 (1935-6) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Jager Welgemoed", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The huntsman's good spirits", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un joyeux chasseur chasse", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 111
The huntsman's good spirits
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A huntsman hunts in good spirits,
He hunts with fresh, free boldness
Under the green lime trees,
He hunts many a little animal
With his swift greyhounds.
He hunts over hill and deep dale,
Under the bushes everywhere.
He blows his horn.
His beloved is watching for the huntsman
Yonder on the green street.
He spreads his coat upon the grass,
Asks here to sit down beside him,
Embraced by a white arm:
"Take care of yourself, my source of comfort,
All my longing is for you.
No frost touches us, no snow cools us,
In the green clover still burn
Two little roses upon the heath,
In the light of love, in the light of the sun,
The two shall not be separated."
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 124