Heidenroslein (Rose on the Heath) - Schubert

Watched the Taiwanese movie Cape No. 7 海角七號 some time ago. In it was an interlude played in a couple of scenes. One of which was that of an old man whistling a tune while riding his bicycle from screen right to left. It harked back a scene from Akira Kurosawa's movie Rhapsody in August. This time an old woman was braving a storm with her wrecked umbrella, the same screen right to left. The same tune/music was playing in the background.

I've been meaning to find out who made the music and what it was about. There you have it. :) Schubert's Heidenroslein (Rose on the Heath) There were Japanese and Chinese (野玫瑰) versions of it. Both Franz Schubert and Hans Werner Henze wrote a song based on a J. W. Goethe's poem. Here's the story of the song-

1)A boy saw a rose growing,
a little rose on the heath;
it was so young and lovely as the morning:
quickly he ran to see it from near,
and with much delight he saw it.
Rose, rose, little red rose,
little rose on the heath.

2)Said the boy: I shall pick you,
little rose on the heath!
Said the rose: I shall prick you,
so that you shall never forget me;
I won't let you do it!
Rose, rose, little red rose,
little rose on the heath.

3)And the rough boy picked
the little rose on the heath;
the rose defended herself and pricked,
but her cries and sighs were in vain,
she just had to let it happen.
Rose, rose, little red rose,
little rose on the heath.

Thanks to youtube.

2009

Dum dee dee dum. As far as new year's resolutions go, I have maybe one -

To try to eat breakfast every day of this new year.