Die Nachtigall, als ich sie fragte

Die Nachtigall, als ich sie fragte
Warum sie nicht mehr singe, sagte:
Ich singe nur, wenn süß bewegt
Mein Herz voll Drang nach Liebe schlägt:
Seit ich, was ich gesucht, gefunden,
Ist Sehnsucht und Gesang verschwunden:
Doch wenn aufs neu Jasmin und Flieder
Im Garten blüh'n, dann sing' ich wieder.

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• by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 4. Cypressen und Rosen, no. 5 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• by Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "Die Nachtigall, als ich sie fragte", op. 34 (Vier Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte. -- für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1880 [voice and piano], Mainz, Schott [
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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "The nightingale, when I asked it", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The nightingale, when I asked it

The nightingale, when I asked it
Why it no longer sang, said:
I only sing when, sweetly moved,
My heart beats with the urge to love:
Since I have found that for which I was searching,
Yearning and song have vanished:
But when the jasmine and the lilac bloom anew
In the garden, then I shall sing again.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 4. Cypressen und Rosen, no. 5
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Carl Goldmark. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2014-01-27.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:28
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Word count: 58