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Und [wie]1 sie kam zur Hexe, Dornröschen hold, Dornröschen gut, Die stach sie in ihr Fingerlein, Da floß das rothe Blut. Sie schloß die lichten Augen, Vom Spindelstich das Mägdlein schlief, Bis um das graue Königsschloß Eine Rosenhecke lief. Und nach dreihundert Jahren, Da kam ein schöner Rittersmann, Mit blankem Schwert er hieb sich durch, Bis er die Maid gewann. -- Ich wollt', ich läge schlafen Dreihundert Jahr im Rosenhag, Bis daß der Eine gegangen käm', Der mich gewinnen mag!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von Paul Heyse. Erster Band. Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz, 1872, pages 12-13.
1 Jensen, Staeger: "als"; further changes may exist not noted above.Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder [uses numbering from 1872 edition], no. 6 [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 (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Dornröschen", op. 49 no. 35, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Volkslieder nach alten und neuen Gedichte und Handwerker-Lieder, no. 35, Leipzig, Leede [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Oskar Eichberg (1845 - 1898), "Dornröschen", op. 9 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Und wie sie kam zur Hexe", op. 40 no. 5, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], from Acht Mädchenlieder von Paul Heyse, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor von Herzfeld , "Dornröschen", published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder und andere von Paul Heyse, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, 1. Heft, no. 1, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Ludwig) Bernhard Hopffer (1840 - 1877), "Dornröschen", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5, published [1871] [ voice and piano ], Berlin : Mitschler & Röstell - Collection Litolff ; No. 2015 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Ludwig) Bernhard Hopffer (1840 - 1877), "Dornröschen", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Und wie sie kam zur Hexe", op. 61 no. 5, published 1881 [ high voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder, no. 5, Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Dornröschen", op. 63 (Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 1, published 1881 [ four-part women's chorus ], Berlin, Erler ; incipit given by Hofmeister: "Und als sie kam zur Hexe" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Dornröschen", subtitle: "Das Mädchen spricht", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann von der Pfordten , "Dornröschen", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, München, Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "Und wie sie kam zur Hexe", op. 6 no. 6, published 1877 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder von Heyse. Ein Cyclus von Gesängen für 1 tiefe (oder mittlere) Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Staeger (1857 - 1932), "Und als sie kam zur Hexe", op. 1 no. 4, published 1883 [ three-part women's chorus with piano ], from Mädchenlieder von P. Heyse für dreistimmigen weiblichen Chor mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Dornröschen", op. 46 (Vier Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "And as she came to the witch", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 80
And as she came to the witch, Sleeping Beauty fair, Sleeping Beauty good, that witch pricked her on her little finger, and red blood flowed. She closed her bright eyes, and the maiden slept from the prick of the spindle until about the grey, royal castle there spread a hedge of roses. And after three hundred years a handsome knight arrived; with his shining sword he hacked his way through until he won the maiden. I wish that I lay sleeping in a thicket of roses for three hundred years until the One arrived to win me!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder [uses numbering from 1872 edition], no. 6
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 97