Translation by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879)
Дјевојка ружици
Language: Serbian (Српски)
Ах! моја водо студена! И моја ружо румена! Што с' тако рано процвала? Немам те коме тргати: Ако б' те мајци тргала, У мене мајке не има; Ако б' те шеји тргала, Сеја се моја удала; Ако б' те брату тргала, Брат ми је ош'о на војску; Ако б' те драгом тргала, Драги је од мен' далеко: Преко три горе зелене, Преко три воде студене.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879) , "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852 ; composed by Johannes Brahms.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (1797 - 1870) , "Mädchen und Rose", appears in Volkslieder der Serben, first published 1835 ; composed by Carl Loewe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) ; composed by Eduard Behm, Peter Gast, Robert Gund.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-27
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Ach, und du mein kühles Wasser!
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Serbian (Српски)
Ach, und du mein kühles Wasser! Ach, und du mein rotes Röslein! Was erblühst du mir so frühe? Hab' ja nicht, für wen dich pflücken! Pflück' ich dich für meine Mutter? Keine Mutter hab' ich Waise! Pflück' ich dich für meine Schwester? Ei doch, längst vermählet ist sie! Pflück' ich dich für meinen Bruder? Ist gezogen in die Feldschlacht! Pflück' ich dich für den Geliebten? Fern, ach, weilet der Geliebte! Jenseit dreier grünen Berge, Jenseit dreier kühlen Wasser!
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Text Authorship:
- by Siegfried Kapper (1821 - 1879), "Röslein, was erblühst du mir so frühe", appears in Die Gesänge der Serben, Leipzig, first published 1852 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Дјевојка ружици", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), pp. 225-6, Poem 319
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. 85 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1878) [sung text checked 1 time]
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) , "Lied van een meisje", 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
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 78