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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Am tiefen klaren Brunnen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Am tiefen klaren Brunnen
Da sitzt ein Mägdelein,
Es fallen ihre Thränen
Wohl in den Brunnen hinein.

So [wie]1 das Wasser im Brunnen,
So rein ist auch ihr Herz,
[So tief grad’]2 wie der Brunnen,
So tief ist auch ihr Schmerz.

Was mag sie nur so weinen?
So jung hat sie schon Gram?
Sie trauert weil [ihr Geliebter]3
Heut [eine Andere nahm]4.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   K. Bürgel •   B. Damcke 

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1 Damcke: "rein wie"
2 Damcke: "Und tief als"
3 Damcke: "den Geliebten"
4 Damcke: "man ins Grab hat gelegt"

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 Konstantin Bürgel (1837 - 1909), "Am tiefen klaren Brunnen", op. 26 (Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte ) no. 1, published 1875 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Nürnberg, Schmid [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875), "Das Mädchen am Brunnen", op. 41 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1857 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the deep, clear well", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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