O glühend überblühter Wunderbaum! So sah ich tausendmal das Glück im Traum, so übervoll von tiefen roten Blüten. Nun steh' ich da und blicke still empor, und alle Wünsche strömen wild hervor, kein Wille mag die stürmenden mehr hüten. Komm, schüttle aller deiner Blüten Pracht herab, herab auf meines Hauptes Nacht! In Blüten bade alle meine Glieder! Herab, herab! Mir alles in den Schoß! Da löst sich zögernd eine Blüte los und fällt, betäubt, zu meinen Füßen nieder.
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Authorship:
- by Margarete Susman (1874 - 1966) [author's text not yet checked 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 Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Glück", op. 80 no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-11
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