An jeder Hand die Finger, Op. 65, No. 3 (Johannes Brahms)

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• CPDL #15606: Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-12-05).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 44 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This is version in A Major (Number 3a)

• CPDL #15607: Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-12-05).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 44 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This is version in F Major (Number 3b)

General Information

Title: An jeder Hand die Finger, Op. 65, No. 3
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Lyricist: Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875), Based on a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, given as "Latvian-Lithuanian"

Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Lieder

Language: German
Instruments: Piano 2 Pianos (4 Hand Piano)
Published: 1874

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Original text and translations

German text

An jeder Hand die Finger

hatt' ich bedeckt mit Ringen,

die mir geschenkt mein Bruder

in seinem Liebessinn.

Und einen nach dem andern

gab ich dem schönen,

aber unwürdigen Jüngling hin.

English translation
by Emily Ezust of The Lied and Art Song Page used with translator's permission

On each hand were my fingers

bedecked with rings

that my brother had bestowed on me

with love.

And one after another

did I give to that handsome

but unworthy lad.