by
Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)
O wie lieblich ist das Mädchen
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE
O wie lieblich ist das Mädchen,
Wie so schön und [voll von]1 Anmuth!
Sag mir an, du wackrer Seemann,
Der du lebst auf deinem Schiffe,
Ob das Schiff und seine Segel,
Ob die Sterne wohl so schön sind?
Sag mir an, du stolzer Ritter,
Der du gehst im blanken Harnisch,
Ob das Roß und ob die Rüstung,
Ob die Schlachten wohl so schön sind?
Sag mir an, du Hirtenknabe,
Der du deine Herde weidest,
Ob die Lämmer, ob die Matten,
Ob die Berge wohl so schön sind?
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Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1852, page 34
1 Schumann: "voll"
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Gil Vicente (c1470 - c1536), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Karl Müller (1818 - 1894), no title, op. 5, Heft 1 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Liebes-Novelle aus Emanuel Geibel's Übersetzungen spanischer Volkslieder und Romanzen. Erster Teil: Der Jüngling, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Lied", op. posth. 138 no. 3 (1849), published 1857 [ tenor and piano duet ], from Spanische Liebeslieder, no. 3, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann
Score: IMSLP [external link]
[sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lied 'O, hoe lieflijk'", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Senior Associate Editor]This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 88
Oh how lovely is the maiden
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh how lovely is the maiden,
How beautiful and full of grace!
Tell me, you valiant sailor
Who lives upon your ship,
Whether the ship and its sails,
Whether the stars are as beautiful [as she]?
Tell me, you proud knight,
Who walk about in shining armour,
Whether your horse and your weapons,
Whether the battles are as beautiful [as she]?
Tell me, you shepherd lad,
Who tends your flock,
Whether the lambs, whether the meadows,
Whether the mountains are as beautiful [as she]?
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Translation of title "Lied" = "Song"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Gil Vicente (c1470 - c1536), no title
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-15
Line count: 14
Word count: 84
