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by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden,
Da kam die dunkle Nacht,
Kein Blümlein war zu finden,
Sonst hätt' ich dir's gebracht.

Da flossen von den Wangen
Mir Thränen in den Klee,
Ein Blümlein aufgegangen
Ich nun im Garten seh.

Das [wollte]1 ich dir brechen
Wohl in dem dunklen Klee,
Doch fing es an zu sprechen:
„Ach, tue mir nicht weh!

„Sei freundlich [in dem]2 Herzen,
Betracht' dein eigen Leid,
Und lasse mich in Schmerzen
Nicht sterben vor der Zeit!“

Und hätt's nicht so gesprochen,
Im Garten ganz allein,
So hätt' ich dir's gebrochen,
Nun aber darf's nicht sein.

Mein Schatz ist ausgeblieben,
Ich bin so ganz allein.
Im Lieben wohnt Betrüben,
Und kann nicht anders sein.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   L. Reichardt •   R. Strauss •   L. Thuille 

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Confirmed with Clemens Brentano's Gesammelte Schriften, herausgegeben von Christian Brentano. Siebenter Band. Comödien, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1852, page 83. Appears in Ponce de Leon.

1 Strauss: "wollte"
2 Reichardt, Thuille: "im"

Text Authorship:

  • by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1801/3, appears in Ponce de Leon, first published 1803 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Friedemann , "Ich wollt ein Sträusslein binden", op. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Oertel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Das Sträusslein", op. 41 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1883 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden" [ soprano and harp ], from Valeria-Lieder, aus Clemens Brentanos "Ponce de Leon" 1803, no. 3, Schott Music [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889), "Ich wollt' ein Sträusschen binden", op. 24 (Vier Lieder im Volkston für Männerchor ) no. 2, published 1880 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Für die Laute componirt" [ voice and lute ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden", op. 68 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 2 (1918/9) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden", op. 24 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "I went to pluck a nosegay"
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je voulais faire un bouquet", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 117

Je voulais faire un bouquet
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Je voulais faire un bouquet
Quand vint la sombre nuit
Pas moyen de trouver une fleurette,
Sinon je te l'aurais apportée.

Quand de mes joues coulèrent
Des larmes sur le trèfle,
Une fleurette est sortie,
Que je vois maintenant dans le jardin.

J'ai voulu te la cueillir
Dans le sombre trèfle,
Mais elle se mit à dire :
« Ah, ne me fais point mal !

Aie le cœur tendre,
Vois ta propre peine,
Et dans la douleur, ne me fais pas
Mourir avant l'heure ! »

Et si elle n'avait point ainsi parlé,
Toute seule dans le jardin,
Alors je te l'aurais cueillie,
Mais maintenant je ne puis plus.

Mon trésor n'est pas venu,
Je suis tout seul.
Tristesse habite l'amour,
Il ne peut en être autrement.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1801/3, appears in Ponce de Leon, first published 1803
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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 125

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