Versteckt
Language: German (Deutsch)
War einst ein junger Schmetterling,
Ein flatterhaftes, flücht'ges Ding,
Umschwärmend alle Rosen;
Doch keine war ihm schön genug;
Er wollte nur im raschen Flug
Verliebt mit ihnen kosen.
Da sah er eines Morgens stehn
Die weiße Lilie, rein und schön,
Die eben sich erschlossen;
Tauperlen blitzten noch auf ihr,
Sie stand, des Gartens stolze Zier,
Von Anmut übergossen.
Der Falter naht in holder Scheu:
"Dir bleib' ich treu; nun ist's vorbei
Mit flatterhaften Scherzen."
Er schaut ihr in den Kelch hinein --
Da lag ein fein Goldkäferlein
Ihr heimlich schon am Herzen.
Translation(s): ENG
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, pages 251-252
Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Versteckt", op. 66 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1898 [medium voice and piano], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [ sung text not verified ]
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Concealed
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Once upon a time there was a young butterfly,
A fluttering, hasty thing,
Swarming about all the roses;
But none of them was beautiful enough for him;
Only in rapid flight did he wish
To dally with them as if in love.
Then one morning he saw
The white lily, pure and lovely,
Which had just opened;
Pearls of dew still sparkled upon her,
She stood, the proud adornment of the garden,
Flooded with charm.
The butterfly neared in lovely shyness:
"To you I shall remain faithful, now it is over
With the fluttering jests."
He gazed into her calyx --
There already lay a fine little gold-bug
Secretly nestled against her heart.
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