In bush and lawn there is likely

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by Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wohl ist im Busch und Rasen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wohl ist im Busch und Rasen
Kein Plätzchen so still und klein,
Wo nicht zusammen wir sassen, --
Ich sitze jetzt hier allein;

Wohl haben wir Kränze gewunden,
Wohl manchen duftigen Strauss
Aus Blumen des Walds gebunden, --
Dies Alles, Alles ist aus; 

Die Blätter sie sind gefallen,
Die Blumen sie sind verdorrt,
Sie war die Schönste von Allen,
Sie hielt nicht Treue, nicht Wort;

Ihr Nam' in die Birke geschnitten
Verwittert im Windeswehn,
Doch was ich gekämpft und gelitten,
Das will nicht und kann nicht vergehn.

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Confirmed with Rheinische Musik-Zeitung für Kunstfreunde und Künstler, 1. Jahrgang, Nro. 39 (29. März 1851), page 311

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884), "Sie war die Schönste von Allen" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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In bush and lawn there is likely

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In bush and lawn there is likely
No spot, so quiet and small,
Where we did not sit together, --
Now I sit here alone;

Indeed we wove wreaths,
Many a scented bouquet
Of the flowers of the forest, --
That all, all is over;

The leaves, they have fallen,
The flowers, they are withered,
She was the most beautiful one of all,
She did not keep faith, did not keep her word;

Her name, carved into the birch tree,
Becomes weather-worn in the blowing of the wind,
But that for which I battled and that which I suffered,
That does not wish to and cannot pass away.

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Translations of title(s):
"Wohl war in Busch und Rasen" = "In bush and lawn there was likely"
"Sie war die Schönste von Allen" = "She was the most beautiful one of all"
"Wohl ist in Busch und Rasen" = "In bush and lawn there is likely"

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