(Aus Welze)
Translated by John Buerfeind

Spring is approaching,
All the grass is very green

All the grass is very green,
All the flowers are white and red.

The girl who was digging in the garden,
Was really very anxious for him.

Why are you so anxious poor girl?
Are your father and mother angry with you?

Are your father and mother angry with you?
Did your beloved forsake you?

It is now already seven years,
Since my beloved promised to return.

If you ever get to him,
Give him many thousand greetings from me.

I would like to remember only the word,
Which we once both said to each other.

Upon which we offered our white [gloved] hand,
And exchanged the gold rings.

Oh, don’t think about it, don’t think about, pretty girl.
Am I not the same, perhaps?

You shall always be my one and only,
There will never be another.

Beautiful is the Hanne Nueglischka,
Handsome is the Mathes Tschadowkja.

Both are rich in beauty and charm,
Both are much alike.


No known music.