When I came by yesterday

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by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Als ich gestern kam vorüber

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Als ich gestern kam vorüber, 
Blies in's Horn ein neues Lied; 
Sah im Fenster ihrer Kammer 
Eine Ros ich aufgeblüht. 

  Hat die Rose sie zum Zeichen
Ihrer Lieb' für mich erdacht? 
Oder hat die Rose jemand 
Anderer ihr gebracht? 

  Lässig, nicht des Wildes achtend,
Streif' im Wald' ich her und hin --
Ach die Rose will mir nimmer 
     Aus dem Sinn!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Slavische Melodien von Siegfried Kapper, Leipzig: Wilhelm Einhorn, 1844, page 65.

Text Authorship:

by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), no title, appears in Slavische Melodien, in Aus Böhmen, in Aus dem Liederbuche eines Jägers, no. 8 [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 Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Aus dem Liederbuch eines Jägers" [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-11-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

When I came by yesterday

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When I came by yesterday,
Blowing a new song into my horn;
I saw in the window of her chamber
A rose, freshly opened.

  Did she decide to place the rose
As a sign of her love for me?
Or did someone else
Bring her the rose?

  Languidly, not noticing the game [I should be hunting],
I wander back and forth in the forest --
Ah, I cannot ever get the rose
     Out of my mind!

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Translations of titles:
"Aus dem Liederbuch eines Jägers" = "From the songbook of a huntsman"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2025 by Sharon Krebs, (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) by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), no title, appears in Slavische Melodien, in Aus Böhmen, in Aus dem Liederbuche eines Jägers, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 75