by
Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
Das Ufer ist so morgenstill
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE
Das Ufer ist so morgenstill,
Noch kaum ein Fischlein springen will.
Am Bänkchen schon, in Rohr und Ried,
Ein Wäschermägdlein emsig kniet.
O Jugendblut, kaum fünfzehn Jahr,
Verschlafen noch ihr Augenpaar,
Das Röckchen dürftig, hochgeschürzt,
Mit Singen sie die Zeit sich kürzt.
"Am jüngsten Tag ich aufersteh'
Und gleich nach meinem Liebsten seh',
und wenn ich ihn nicht finden kann,
leg' wieder mich zum Schlafen dann.
"O Herzeleid, du Ewigkeit!
Selbander nur ist Seligkeit!
Und kommt mein Liebster nicht hinein,
mag nicht im Paradiese sein!"
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• J. Brahms J. Brahms sets stanzas 3-4
H. Hermann sets stanzas 3-4
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Text Authorship:
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), "Mädchenlied", op. 95 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1884?), published 1884, stanzas 3-4 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Am jüngsten Tag", published 1900, stanzas 3-4 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Wernthal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Trautmann (1866 - 1926), "Mädchenlied", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
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) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Maiden's song", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de jeune fille", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 85
Maiden's song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
[ The shore is so silent this morning,
hardly one little fish wants to leap yet.
At the litte bank, amid the reeds and rushes,
A washermaiden is kneeling busily.
O young blood, hardly fifteen years old,
your eyes still sleepy,
your little dress shabby and hiked up high,
with singing you pass the time: ] 1
On Judgment Day I will rise again,
and immediately look for my sweetheart;
and if I cannot find him,
I will lie down again and sleep.
Heartache, you Eternity!
Only with another comes happiness!
And if my sweetheart comes not in,
then I don't wish to be in Paradise!"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Line count: 16
Word count: 106