The hunter (von Münch-Bellinghausen, set by Johannes Brahms) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Mein Lieb ist ein Jäger, und grün ist...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

Mein Lieb ist ein Jäger, und grün ist sein Kleid,
Und blau ist sein Auge, nur sein Herz ist zu weit.

Mein Lieb ist ein Jäger, trifft immer ins Ziel,
Und Mädchen berückt er, so viel er nur will.

Mein Lieb ist ein Jäger, kennt Wege und Spur,
Zu mir aber kommt er durch die Kirchtüre nur!

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Authorship

by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, "Margot's Lieder no. 2", in a section titled , first published 1856-72 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Jäger", op. 95 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1884?), published 1884 [high voice or low voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The hunter", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Le chasseur", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "De jager", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:31
Line count: 6
Word count: 57

The hunter

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My love is a hunter, and green is his clothing,
and blue are his eyes, only his heart is too open.

My love is a hunter: he always hits his mark,
And he captivates the maidens, as many as he wants.

My love is a hunter - he knows all the paths and trails,
but to me he will come only through the door of the church!

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, "Margot's Lieder no. 2", in a section titled , first published 1856-72

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:31
Line count: 6
Word count: 67