Kornblumen

Kornblumen nenn ich die Gestalten,
die milden mit den blauen Augen,
die, anspruchslos in stillem Walten,
den Tau des Friedens, den sie saugen
aus ihren eigenen klaren Seelen,
mitteilen allem, dem sie nahen,
bewußtlos der Gefühlsjuwelen,
die sie von Himmelshand empfahn.
Dir wird so wohl in ihrer Nähe,
als gingst du durch ein Saatgefilde,
durch das der Hauch des Abends wehe,
voll frommen Friedens und voll Milde.

Translation(s): ENG FRE FRE

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Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912) [ 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Kornblumen", op. 22 no. 1 (1888), published 1891 [voice and piano], from Mädchenblumen, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Cornflowers", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Heide Wiesner) , title 1: "Bleuets", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , title 1: "Bleuets", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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