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sometimes misattributed to Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856) and by Friedrich Georg Christoph Philipp Mayer (1804 - 1857)

Frühes Sterben
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wie die Wellen still sich legen
  Nach dem leichten Abendwind,
Wie die Mutter sorgsam [wieget]1
  In den Schlaf [ein]2 liebes Kind;
 
Möchte ich mein heißes Sehnen
  In der Seele wiegen ein,
Und ['ne]3 alte schlimme Klage
  Sollt' damit verklungen seyn.
 
Spielend mit den Frühlingsluften
  Wird die Blume rosenroth,
Aber in dem zarten Kelche
  Schlummert [leis]4 ihr früher Tod.
 
So geschieht's auch meiner Liebe
  In dem stets bewegten Herz,
Hat ihr [Leben kaum]5 begonnen,
  Fühlt sie schon des Todes Schmerz.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

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Confirmed with Der Nürnberger Lustwandler. Ein Blatt für gesellige Unterhaltung, Nro. 56 (Donnerstag den 11. May 1837) page 223.

1 Lang: "leget"
2 Lang: "ihr"
3 Lang: "die"
4 Lang: "auch"
5 Lang: "Lieben auch"

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
  • by Friedrich Georg Christoph Philipp Mayer (1804 - 1857), "Frühes Sterben" [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Frühes Sterben", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran oder Alt) no. 4 (1838), published 1860 [ mezzo-soprano or alto, piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , "Early death", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Joanna Lonergan , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2005-03-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

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