by
Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923)
Rosen brach ich nachts mir am dunklen...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA SPA
Rosen brach ich nachts mir am dunklen Hage;
Süßer hauchten Duft sie als je am Tage;
Doch verstreuten reich die bewegten Äste
Tau, der mich näßte.
Auch der Küsse Duft mich wie nie berückte,
Die ich nachts vom Strauch deiner Lippen pflückte:
Doch auch dir, bewegt im Gemüt gleich jenen,
Tauten die Tränen.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Sapphische ode", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ode saffica", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 8
Word count: 53
Roses that I plucked in the midnight...
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Roses that I plucked in the midnight garden
smelt more sweet than in any daylight hour;
but there fell down from the moving branches
dew, as a gentle shower.
So the kiss I plucked in the darkness boldly
out-perfumed the sweetest blooms I knew.
And so moved were you that I felt on my shoulder
teardrops like a gentle dew.
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Translation of title "Sapphische Ode" = "Ode in Sapphic metre"
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-11-26
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Word count: 60