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Ein Veilchen blüht im Thale, Erwacht am Morgenstrahle; So duftig und so blau Ist kein's mehr auf der Au'. Still guckt es aus dem Moose; In seinem goldnen Schooße Blinkt Thau so hell und rein, Wie flüß'ger Edelstein. "Willst hier so ungesehen In kaltem Moos vergehen? Komm mit in mild'res Thal, In schön'rer Sonnen Strahl." "Sollst dort in lauern Zonen, In Blumenhügeln wohnen, Wo nie der Schnee vergeht, Doch ew'ger Frühling weht!" Das Veilchen ließ sich pflücken, Ein mild'res Thal zu schmücken, Und dunkler schien sein Blau In blendend weißer Au'. Und von des Busens Klopfen Entfiel des Thaues Tropfen; Nie schön're Stelle fand Der reichste Diamant. Wie zart der Tropfen schmückte! Das Veilchen sah's und drückte In süßem Liebeswahn Den Kelch noch inn'ger an. Im Sitz der Frühlingslüfte Verhaucht' es seine Düfte Am reinsten Sonnenstrahl, Und starb im schönsten Thal.
C. Weber sets stanzas 1-4
Confirmed with Friedrich Kind’s Gedichte, Dritte, verbesserte und vollständige Auflage, Wien und Prag: In der Tänzer'schen Buchhandlung, 1820, pages 128-130
Note: in modern German spelling, "Thale" is "Tale".
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Friedrich Kind (1768 - 1843), "Das Veilchen im Thale", written 1817, appears in Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Word count: 148
A violet blooms in the vale, Awakens in the beam of morning; So scented and so blue Is no other upon the meadow. Quietly it peeps forth from the moss, In its golden calyx Dew sparkles as brightly and purely As liquid jewels. "Thus unseen, do you wish to fade away Here in the cold moss? Come along to a milder valley, Into the beams of more beautiful suns." "You shall live in more temperate zones, In hills of flowers, Where the snow never vanishes, But eternal springtime wafts!" The violet allowed itself to be picked In order to adorn a milder valley, And its blueness appeared darker Upon the blindingly white meadow. And from the beating of the bosom the violet adorned The drops of dew dripped off; The most precious diamond Never found a more beautiful setting. How delicately the drop adorned the bosom! The violet saw it and, in sweet Delirium of love, pressed Its calyx to the bosom even more fervently. In the seat of the scents of spring It breathed forth its scents Upon the purest sunbeam, And died in the most beautiful valley.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Friedrich Kind (1768 - 1843), "Das Veilchen im Thale", written 1817, appears in Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-14
Line count: 32
Word count: 191