Upon a scented meadow stood

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by Otto Franz Gensichen (1847 - 1933)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es stand auf duftender Aue

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Es stand auf duftender Aue
Die Lilie im schneeigen Kleid
Und prangte unter den Blumen,
Als wäre sie herrlich gefeit.

Wohl brauste gegen sie wüthend
Der Sturm vom Norden hervor,
Sie beugte die lieblichen Glieder
Und blühte nur schöner empor.

Da hat sie mit giftigem Hauche
Der buhlende Zephyr umglüht:
O Lilie, arme Lilie,
Wie schnell bist du verblüht!

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Text Authorship:

by Otto Franz Gensichen (1847 - 1933), no title, appears in Spielmannsweisen, in Liebeslieder III, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Upon a scented meadow stood

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Upon a scented meadow stood
The lily in her snowy garb
And flaunted herself among the flowers,
As if she were gloriously invulnerable.

Truly, the storm from the north
Roared ragingly against her,
She bent her lovely limbs
And only bloomed the more beautifully upward.

Then with a poisonous breath
The courting zephyr glowed about her:
Oh lily, poor lily,
How quickly you have faded!

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English song title (Abt): Upon a scented meadow stood
English song title (Gänsbacher, Schenk): The lily
English song title (Strauss): Musician’s lay

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