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by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904)

Auf einem grünen Hügel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG ENG FRE
Auf einem grünen Hügel
  Da steht ein Röslein hell,
Und wenn ich roth, roth Röslein seh' --
So roth wie lauter Liebe --
  Möcht' weinen ich zur Stell'!

Auf einem grünen Hügel
  Da stehn zwei Blümlein blau,
Und wenn ich blau, blau Blümlein seh' --
So blau, wie blaue Äuglein,
  Durch Thränen ich sie schau'!

Auf einem grünen Hügel
  Da liegt ein weißer Stein,
Und drunter liegt wohl all' mein Glück
Schon manches Jahr begraben
  In einem schwarzen Schrein!

Auf einem grünen Hügel
  Da singt ein Vögelein;
Mir ist's, als säng's: Wer niemals Leid --
Recht großes Leid erfahren,
  Wird nie recht glücklich sein!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Schumann 

C. Schumann sets stanzas 1-2, 4

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Jucunde von Hermann Rollett, Leipzig, Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1853, pages 61-62.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), no title, appears in Jucunde, first published 1853 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Auf einem grünen Hügel", op. 23 no. 4, published 1856, stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Damunt d’un verd tossal", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "Upon a green, green hillock", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon a green hill", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sur une colline verte", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 100

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