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Gab den Ring das Mädchen, Ihn zurück dem Jüngling: "Nimm den Ring zurücke, Hassen Dich die Meinen, Vater Dich und Mutter, Bruder Dich und Schwester! Doch nicht wolle, Knabe Uebles von mir reden! Bin ich doch, ich Arme! Ein unselig Mädchen! Säete Basilikum, Wermuth ist ersprossen. Wermuth, Wermuthskräutlein, O Du bittre Blüthe! Mögest Du nun schmücken. Meine Hochzeitgäste, Wenn sie -- o Unsel'ge! Mich zu Grabe tragen!"
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Authorship
- by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj, "Die unglückliche Braut", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, volume 2, first published 1835 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Несрвћна дјевојка", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 438-9, Poem 609
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Julius Hermann Krigar (1819 - 1880), "Wermuth", op. 35 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1875 [voice and piano], Berlin, Bote & Bock [text not verified]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "The unhappy bride", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 66
The maiden returned the ring, Returned it to the young lad: "Take back the ring, My people hate you, My father and my mother [hate you], My brother and my sister [hate you], But please do not, young lad, Speak badly of me! For, poor wretch that I am, I am an unfortunate maiden! I sowed sweet basil, Wormwood came up. Wormwood, wormwood herb, Oh you bitter blossom, May you adorn My wedding guests When they bear me, oh the ill-fated one, To my grave!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Sharon Krebs, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj, "Die unglückliche Braut", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, volume 2, first published 1835 [an adaptation]
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Несрвћна дјевојка", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 438-9, Poem 609
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 85