Le corset | La fille voulait un digne amant

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die Schnürbrust

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Die Maid sie wollt 'nen Buhlen wert
und sollt sie ihn graben wohl aus der Erd!

Sie grub wohl ein, sie grub wohl aus,
einen stolzen Buhlen grub sie aus.

Der Buhle hatte Gut und Gold,
Er gab dem Mädchen manchen Sold.

Er gab ihr einen Gürtel schmal,
Der war gesponnen überall.

Der war gesponnen bis aus Blut,
Das Mädchen starb in wilder Wut.

Ach, pflanzt drei Rosen auf das Grab
Dann kömmt mein Buhle und pflückt sie ab.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Die Schnürbrust", WoO. 32 no. 1 (1858), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 2 times]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La cotilla", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het keurslijf", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The ensnared heart", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le corset", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il busto", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

Le corset

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

La fille voulait un digne amant,
même si elle devait le sortir de terre !

Elle creusa donc, elle déterra donc,
elle déterra un fier amant.

L'amant avait du bien et de l'or,
Il donna beaucoup d'argent à la fille.

Il lui donna une fine ceinture
qui fut serrée de partout.

Elle fut serrée jusqu'au sang,
La fille mourut de colère noire.

Ah, plantez trois roses sur ma tombe,
Mon amant viendra et les cueillera.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (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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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 74