The unhappy bride | The maiden returned the ring

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by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), as Talvj

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Gab den Ring das Mädchen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Serbian (Српски)

Our translations: ENG

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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Text 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]

Based on:

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
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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 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The unhappy bride", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 66

The unhappy bride

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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!

Krigar's title: "Wormwood"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

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]
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

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
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 85