Warum so spät erst, Georgine?

[Warum so spät erst, Georgine?]1
Das Rosenmärchen ist erzählt,
Und honigsatt hat sich die Biene
Ihr Bett zum Schlummer ausgewählt.

Sind nicht zu kalt dir diese Nächte?
Wie [lebst du diese]2 Tage hin?
Wenn ich dir jetzt den Frühling brächte,
Du feuergelbe Träumerin!

Wenn ich mit Maitau dich benetzte,
[Begöße dich mit Junilicht]3?
Doch ach, dann wärst du nicht die Letzte,
Die [stolze Einzige]4 auch nicht.

Wie, Träumerin, lock' ich vergebens?
So reich' mir schwesterlich die Hand,
Ich hab' den [Frühling]5 dieses Lebens
wie du den [Maitag]6 nicht gekannt.

Und spät, wie dir, du Feuergelbe,
Stahl sich die Liebe [mir ins]7 Herz;
Ob spät, ob früh, es ist dasselbe
Entzücken [und]8 derselbe Schmerz.

Translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA

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Authorship

• by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Die Georgine", appears in Letzte Blätter [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Die Georgine", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1886 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Senff [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "An die Georgine", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1889). [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Die Georgine", op. 10 (Acht Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter" von Hermann von Gilm) no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La giorgina", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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La giorgina

Perché così tardi, giorgina?
La fiaba della rosa, già narrata,
e sazia di miele ha scelto già
il suo letto per dormire l'ape.

Non sono troppo fredde per te queste notti?
Come vivi tu questi giorni?
Se a te portassi la primavera,
tu sognatrice colore del fuoco,

se ti bagnassi con la rugiada di maggio,
se ti innaffiassi con la luce di giugno,
allora non saresti l'ultima,
né l'unica superba.

Come, sognatrice, è vano il mio amore?
Porgimi la mano, da sorella,
io non ho conosciuto i giorni di maggio della vita
come tu la primavera, e tardi come te,

dal colore di fuoco,
è entrato furtivo l'amore nel mio cuore,
o tardi o presto,
è lo stesso incanto e lo stesso dolore.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Die Georgine", appears in Letzte Blätter DUT ENG FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Albert Felix, Graf Amadei, Carl Goldmark, Richard Georg Strauss. Go to the text.

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