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Und die mich trug im [Mutterleib]1, Und die mich schwang im Kissen, Die war ein [schön frech braunes]2 Weib, Wollte nichts vom Mannsvolk wissen. Sie scherzte nur und lachte laut, Und ließ die Freier stehen: Möcht' lieber sein des Windes Braut, [Denn]3 in die Ehe gehen! Da kam der Wind, da nahm der Wind Als Buhle sie gefangen: Von dem hat sie ein lustig Kind [In ihren Schoß empfangen]4.
Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Sämtliche Werke in zwei Bänden. Band 1, München, 1967, pages 699-700.
1 Schumann: "Mutterarm"2 Schumann: "schön, froh, braunes"
3 Schumann: "Als"
4 Schumann: "Jung Volker, mich, empfangen"
Authorship
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Jung Volkers Lied", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 3 no. 11 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Jona Korn (b. 1922), "Jung Volkers Lied", op. 24 no. 1 (1954), published 1964 [ medium voice and piano ], from Der Pfarrer von Cleversulzbach, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Püringer , "Jung Volker's Lied", op. 3 (5 Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Jung Volkers Lied", op. 125 no. 4 (1851), published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Heitere Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 4, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó del jove Volker", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het lied van de jonge Volker", copyright © 2013, (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.
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Zij die mij droeg als moeder eens, Die mij gaf melk en eten, Dat was een mooi, bruin, vrolijk mens; Wilde niets van 't mansvolk weten. Zij grapte maar en lachte luid En liet de vrijers mauwen. "'k Zou liever zijn de wind zijn bruid Dan dat ik zou gaan trouwen1!" Daar kwam de wind, daar nam de wind Als minnaar haar gevangen, Van hem heeft zij een vrolijk kind, Haar Volker, mij, ontvangen.
1 Trouwen: bij Schumann te zingen op twee achtsten.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2013 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 Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-18
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