Wie das Mädchen vorschnell schwört | Vorschneller Schwur | Schwor ein junges Mädchen

Translation by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879)

Завјетовање

Language: Serbian (Српски)

Девојка се клела
Цвеће да не носи,
Цвеће да не носи,
Вино да не пије,
Вино да не пије,
Драгог да не љуби;
Девојка се клела,
Пак се раскајала:
"Цвеће ја да носим,
"Ја би лепша била;
"Вино ја да пијем,
"Весел'ја би била;
"Драгог ја да љубим,
"Милост би имала."

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Завјетовање", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 333-4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879) , "Wie das Mädchen vorschnell schwört", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, in Frauenlieder, Leipzig, first published 1852 ; composed by Johannes Brahms, Hans Hermann.

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Word count: 51

Schwor ein junges Mädchen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Serbian (Српски)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Schwor ein junges Mädchen:
Blumen nie zu tragen,
Niemals Wein zu trinken,
Knaben nie zu küssen.
Gestern schwor das Mädchen -
Heute schon bereut es:
"Wenn ich Blume trüge,
Wär' ich doch noch schöner!
Wenn ich Rotwein tränke,
Wär' ich doch noch froher!
Wenn den Liebsten küßte,
Wär' mich doch noch wohler!"

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Text Authorship:

by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Wie das Mädchen vorschnell schwört", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, in Frauenlieder, Leipzig, first published 1852 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Завјетовање", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 333-4
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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), "Vorschneller Schwur", op. 95 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1883?), published 1884 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Vorschneller Schwur", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Serbische Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 51