Traurige Frühlingsnacht

Geschrei der silbernen Fasanen
Klang melancholisch durch die Nacht,
Ich spielte dir auf meiner Flöte
Ein Lied, das auch nicht fröhlich war. 

In dumpfer Trauer lag die Erde, 
Wir wussten keinen Grund zu nennen, 
Daß unsre Augen überflossen, - 
Das Leben war wie Blei in uns. 

Uns war so bange wie den Blumen, 
Du ließest deine Hände hängen, 
Du sahst mich an und sprachest müde: 
"Sei still, es wird vorübergehn.

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Authorship

• by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Traurige Frühlingsnacht" [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Song-Flu (b. 1870) [text unavailable]
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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)

• by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Traurige Frühlingsnacht", op. 66 no. 17 (1916), published 1917 [voice and piano], from Chinesische Lieder, no. 17, Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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