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by Jakob Haringer (1883 - 1948)

Mädchenlied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Es leuchtet so schön die Sonne
Und ich muß müd' ins Büro;
Und ich bin immer so traurig,
Ich war schon lange nimmer froh.

Ich weiß nicht, ich kann's nicht sagen,
Warum mir immer so schwer;
Die anderen Mädchen alle
Gehn lächelnd und glücklich einher.

Vielleicht spring ich doch noch ins Wasser!
Ach, mir ist alles egal!
Kam doch ein Mädchenhändler
Und es war doch Sommer einmal!

Ich möcht' ins Kloster und beten
Für andre, daß ihnen besser geht
Als meinem armen Herzen;
Dem hilft kein Stern, kein Gebet!

Text Authorship:

  • by Jakob Haringer (1883 - 1948) [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Mädchenlied", op. 48 no. 3 (1933) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "Girl’s Song", copyright © 2022, (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: 16
Word count: 89

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