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Ritt auf ungerittnem Rosse, Und es trug mich zur Walachin. Ihr zur Seite stehn drei Mädchen, Schalt mit Einer leis' die Mutter: "Hündin Nera, sprich, wo warst du?" -- "Schelte nicht, o meine Mutter! An der Donau war ich, Mutter! Sahe dorten junge Deutsche, Aber einen Deutschen sah ich, Wollte der mein Schwäher werden, Gäb' ich ihm ein feines Hemdlein, Daß sein Lebetag er's trüge! Einen andren Deutschen sah ich, Wollt' er mich zur Hochzeit führen, Gäb' ich ihm ein goldnes Tüchlein, Daß sein Lebetag er's trüge! Einen dritten Deutschen sah ich, Wollte der mein Liebster werden, Gäb' ihm meine schwarzen Augen, Daß sein Lebetag er sie küsse!"
H. von Herzogenberg sets lines 6-20
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View text with footnotesAuthorship:
- by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), "Der Walachin Tochter", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Мајка и Нера", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 352-3, Poem 484
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Schelte nicht", op. 45 no. 3, published 1885, lines 6-20 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Serbische Mädchenlieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The daughter of the Walachian", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Claus-Christian Schuster , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 107
I rode upon a horse that had never been ridden before, And it carried me to the Walachian. At her side stand three maidens, The mother quietly chiding one of them: "Bitch Nera, speak, where were you?" -- "Do not scold, oh my mother! I was at the Danube, mother! There I saw young Germans, But one German I saw, He wanted to become my brother-in-law If I gave him a fine shirt, To wear all the days of his life! Another German I saw, He wished to lead me to the altar, If I gave him a golden kerchief To wear all the days of his life! A third German I saw, He wished to become my lover, If I gave him my dark eyes, That he might kiss them all the days of his life!"
Title for Herzogenberg's setting: "Do not scold"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870), "Der Walachin Tochter", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Мајка и Нера", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 352-3, Poem 484
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 136