Text & Translation
Sonntag (Op. 47 no.3)
German source:
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Mein feines Liebchen nicht geseh’n,
Ich sah es an einem Sonntag
Wohl vor der Türe steh’n:
Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein,
Das tausendschöne Herzelein,
Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär’ heute bei ihr!
So will mir doch die ganze Woche
Das Lachen nicht vergeh’n,
Ich sah es an einem Sonntag
Wohl in die Kirche geh’n:
Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein,
Das tausendschöne Herzelein,
Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär’ heute bei ihr!
Sunday
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
I haven’t seen my love;
I saw her on a Sunday,
standing at her door:
my loveliest girl,
my loveliest sweet,
would to God I were with her today!
Yet I’ll still be able
to laugh all week;
I saw her on a Sunday,
as she went to church:
my loveliest girl,
my loveliest sweet,
would to God I were with her today!
Sonntag (Op. 47 no.3)
German source:
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Sunday
English source:
Richard Stokes
So hab’ ich doch die ganze Woche
For a whole week now
Mein feines Liebchen nicht geseh’n,
I haven’t seen my love;
Ich sah es an einem Sonntag
I saw her on a Sunday,
Wohl vor der Türe steh’n:
standing at her door:
Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein,
my loveliest girl,
Das tausendschöne Herzelein,
my loveliest sweet,
Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär’ heute bei ihr!
would to God I were with her today!
So will mir doch die ganze Woche
Yet I’ll still be able
Das Lachen nicht vergeh’n,
to laugh all week;
Ich sah es an einem Sonntag
I saw her on a Sunday,
Wohl in die Kirche geh’n:
as she went to church:
Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein,
my loveliest girl,
Das tausendschöne Herzelein,
my loveliest sweet,
Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär’ heute bei ihr!
would to God I were with her today!
Composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna. Brahms has been considered, by his…
Poet
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Johann Ludwig Uhland, was a German poet, philologist and literary historian. He was born in Tübingen, Württemberg, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in medieval literature, especially old German and French…