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O Lady Judith, spröder Schatz, Drückt dich zu fest mein Arm? Je zwei zu Pferd haben schlechten Platz Und Winternacht weht nicht warm. Hart ist der Sitz und knapp und schmal, Und kalt mein Kleid von Erz, Doch kälter und härter als Sattel und Stahl War gegen mich dein Herz. Sechs Nächte lag ich in Sumpf und Moor Und hab' um dich gewacht, Doch weicher, bei Sankt Görg ich's schwor, Schlaf' ich die siebente Nacht!
Authorship
- by Wilhelm Häring (1798 - 1871), as Willibald Alexis, appears in Balladen, first published 1836 [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), "Entführung", op. 97 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1885), published 1886 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [text verified 1 time]
- by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Entführung", 1905-7. [baritone and piano] [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Abduction", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Enlèvement", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Ontvoering", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 75
O Lady Judith, my aloof treasure, does my arm press you too tightly? Two on a horse leaves little room, and the winter night does not blow warm. Hard is the seat, and narrow and tiny, and cold is my metal clothing, yet colder and harder than saddle and steel was your heart, set against me. Six nights I lay in swamp and moor and lay awake because of you; but by Saint George I swore, I would sleep softer on the seventh night!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Häring (1798 - 1871), as Willibald Alexis, appears in Balladen, first published 1836
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 84