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Ach, und du mein kühles Wasser! Ach, und du mein rotes Röslein! Was erblühst du mir so frühe? Hab' ja nicht, für wen dich pflücken! Pflück' ich dich für meine Mutter? Keine Mutter hab' ich Waise! Pflück' ich dich für meine Schwester? Ei doch, längst vermählet ist sie! Pflück' ich dich für meinen Bruder? Ist gezogen in die Feldschlacht! Pflück' ich dich für den Geliebten? Fern, ach, weilet der Geliebte! Jenseit dreier grünen Berge, Jenseit dreier kühlen Wasser!
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Authorship
- by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
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), "Mädchenlied", op. 85 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1878). [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Maiden's song", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Chant de jeune fille", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Lied van een meisje", copyright © 2014, (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: 14
Word count: 78
Ah, and you, my cool river! Ah, and you, my red little rose! How can you bloom to me so early? I have no one to pick you for! Shall I pick you for my mother? No mother have I, an orphan! Shall I pick you for my sister? Ah, no, long ago was she married off. Shall I pick you for my brother? But he has gone to the field of battle. Shall I pick you for my sweetheart? Far away, alas, does my sweetheart languish! On the other side of those three green mountains, On the other side of those three cool rivers!
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 105