Hunter's song | My maiden loves green

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by Christian Leopold Julius Pulvermacher (1797 - 1866)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Jägerlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Grün liebt mein Mädel, 
Grün ist so schön!
Grün ist der Jäger,
Nur grün will sie seh'n. 

Grün sind die Hügel
Und grün ist die Au. 
Grün blitz't die Hoffnung,
Wenns Mädel ich schau. 

Grün Mieder kleidet
Dem Mädel so fein, 
Grün muß d'rum eben 
Ihr Herzliebster sein. 

Und sollt' ich fallen
In blutrother Schlacht,
Wird doch im Grünen
Mein Grab mir gemacht.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Pulvermacher, Breslau: Kohn & Hancke, 1860, page 45. Note: the Hofmeister Monatsberichte catalog for October 1898 erroneously lists Heinrich Schrader as having set this to music instead of Hermann Schramke.

Text Authorship:

by Christian Leopold Julius Pulvermacher (1797 - 1866), "Jägerlied", first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Hermann Schramke (1846 - 1901), "Jägerlied", op. 23 (Zwei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor ) no. 1, published 1887 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Scholl [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Hunter's song", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 63

Hunter's song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My maiden loves green,
Green is so beautiful!
The hunter wears green,
Green is all she wants to see.

Green are hills 
And green is the meadow.
Hope sparkles green
When I gaze upon the maiden.

A green bodice suits
The maiden so well,
Therefore the beloved of her heart
Simply must be green as well.

And should I fall
In the blood-red battle,
My grave shall nevertheless 
Be prepared in the greenery.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Leopold Julius Pulvermacher (1797 - 1866), "Jägerlied", first published 1860
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 73