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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879)

Дјевојка и лице
Language: Serbian (Српски) 
Девојка је крај горе стајала,
Сва се гора од лица сијала,
Девојка је лицу говорила:
"Давор' лице! давор' бриго моја!
"Да ја знадем, моје бело лице,
"Да ће тебе стар војно љубити,
"Ја би ишла у гору зелену,
"Сав би пелен по гори побрала,
"Из пелена б' воду извијала,
"Те би тебе, лице, умивала,
"Кад стар љуби, нека му је горко.
"А да знадем, моје бело лице,
"Да ће тебе млад војно љубити,
"Ја би ишла у зелену башчу,
"Сву би ружу по башчи побрала,
"Из руже би воду извијала,
"Те би тебе, лице, умивала,
"Кад млад љуби, нека му мирише."

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка и лице", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 290

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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-20
Line count: 18
Word count: 101

Das Mädchen
 (Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Serbian (Српски) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Stand das Mädchen, stand am Bergesabhang,
Widerschien der Berg von ihrem Antlitz,
Und das Mädchen sprach zu ihrem Antlitz:
,,Wahrlich, Antlitz, o du meine Sorge,
Wenn ich wüßte, du mein weißes Antlitz,
Daß dereinst ein Alter dich wird küssen,
Ging hinaus ich zu den grünen Bergen,
Pflückte allen Wermut in den Bergen,
Preßte bitt'res Wasser aus dem Wermut,
Wüsche dich, o Antlitz, mit dem Wasser,
Daß du bitter, wenn dich küßt der Alte!
Wüßt' ich aber, du mein weißes Antlitz,
Daß dereinst ein Junger dich wird küssen,
Ging hinaus ich in den grünen Garten,
Pflückte alle Rosen in dem Garten,
Preßte duftend Wasser aus den Rosen,
Wüsche dich, o Antlitz, mit dem Wasser,
Daß du duftest, wenn dich küßt der Junge!``

Composition:

    Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Das Mädchen", op. 93a (Sechs Lieder und Romanzen für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1884 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Simrock

Text Authorship:

  • by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Wüßt ich, Antlitz, wer dich einst wird küssen", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, first published 1852

Based on:

  • a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка и лице", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 290
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het meisje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La jeune fille", copyright © 2010, (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: 18
Word count: 122

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