The cherry tree blossoms, I sit there in the stillness

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by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Kirschbaum blüht, ich sitze da im...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Der Kirschbaum blüht, ich sitze da im Stillen;
Die Blüte sinkt und mag die Lippen füllen,
Auch sinkt der Mond schon in der Erde Schooß,
und schien so munter, schien so rot und groß!
Die Sterne blinken zweifelhaft im Blauen,
Und leidens nicht, sie weiter anzuschauen!

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Confirmed with Armuth, Reichthum, Schuld und Buße der Gräfin Dolores- eine wahre Geschichte zur lehrreichen Unterhaltung armer Fräulein (Dritte Abtheilung. Schuld), zweiter Band mit Melodien, Berlin: in der Realschul Buchhandlung [no year], page 322.

Text Authorship:

by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), no title [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 Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Unruhiger Schlaf" [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Restless sleep", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The cherry tree blossoms, I sit there in...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The cherry tree blossoms, I sit there in the stillness;
The blossom sinks and might fill my lips,
The moon, too, already sinks into the earth's lap,
And shone so jauntily, shone so red and large!
The stars twinkle so dubiously in the blue,
And do not tolerate it to be gazed at any longer!

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Translation of L. Reichardt's title: "Uneasy sleep"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-02
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Word count: 55