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Dem rothen Röslein gleicht mein Lieb, Im Junimond erblüht; Mein Lieb ist eine Melodei, Vor der die Seele glüht. Wie schön du bist, geliebte Maid! Wie wird das Herz mir schwer! Und lieben wird's dich immerdar, Bis trocken Strom und Meer! Und würden trocken Strom und Meer, Und schmölzen Fels und Stein: Ich würde dennoch lebenslang Dir Herz und Seele weihn! [Und]1, holdes Liebchen, lebe wohl! Leb' wohl, du süße Maid! Bald kehr' ich wieder, wär' ich auch Zehn tausend Meilen weit!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, page 209
1 Schumann: "Nun"Authorship
- by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Rothes Röslein" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Gustav Eggers (1835 - 1861), "Die rothe, rothe Ros'", op. 11 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4, published 1862 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Rothes Röslein", op. 21 (3 Gedichte von Robert Burns) no. 2 [ alto or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Dem rothen Röslein gleicht mein Lieb", op. 13 (Acht Gesänge und Lieder für Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1878 [ tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb", op. 27 (Lieder und Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 1)) no. 2 (1840), published 1849 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Een klein rood roosje lijkt mijn lief", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 83
Een klein rood roosje lijkt mijn lief, Bij junimaan ontbloeid, Mijn lief is als een melodie, Die heel de ziel doorgloeit; Hoe mooi ben jij, mijn meisjelief, Ik houd van jou zozeer, Beminnen zal 'k jou altijd door, Tot droog staan zee en meer. En droogden op ooit zee en meer, En smolten rots en steen, Ik hield dan toch nog levenslang Van jou, van jou alleen. Maar nu, lief meisje, nu vaarwel, Vaarwel, ik moet nu gaan! Gauw kom ik terug, mijn lieve schat, Hoe ver ook hier vandaan.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2012 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Rothes Röslein"
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 90