15. Jealousy and Pride

Quick (in the Autograph, no tempo indication)

To where are you going so quickly, so ruffled and wild, my dear brook?
Do you hurry full of anger for the arrogant hunter?
Turn around and scold first your millermaid,
For her light, loose, little flirtatious mind,
Didn't you see her standing at the gate last night,
Craning her neck toward the large street?
When from the catch, the hunter returns gaily home,
Then no decent girl sticks her head out the window.
Go, brooklet, and tell her that; but tell her not,
Do you hear? Tell her no word of my sad face.
Tell her: he is carving a pipe out of a reed
And is playing pretty dances and songs for the children.

Die schone Mullerin by Wilhelm Muller
music by Franz Schubert Op. 25