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So viel Laub an der Linden ist, So viel Blüten in Düften sie treibt, So viel Holdes zu finden ist, Als der Mai auf die Rosen schreibt, Ach so viel hunderttausendmal Jauchz' ich und schau ich hinab ins Thal, Denn auf dem Platz bei der Linden, Will mich mein Schatz heut finden! Ach warum bin ich nicht schön und reich, Ach warum hab ich nicht Pracht und Gold? Daß ich mein' Schatz, an Schönheit ihr gleich, Schmücken mir könnte so wie ich wollt! Sag mir, du Linde, o sag mir an, Was ihr an mir nur gefallen kann? Weiß ja nichts Schönes zu finden Nicht an mir, noch an der Linden! Drunten im Thal, wo der Waldweg geht, Wo durch die Felsen der Wildbach bricht, Seh ich sie kommen, vom Wind umweht, O du mein Lieben, mein Leben, mein Licht! Ach wie bin ich so reich, so reich, Ach, wie weiß ich nichts Schönres zugleich Als auf dem Platz an der Linden An Herrlichkeit zu finden!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Otto Roquette, Liederbuch, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1852, pages 73-74.
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Das erste Stelldichein", appears in Liederbuch [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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As much as there is foliage on the linden tree, As much as it brings forth scented blossoms, As much as there are lovely things to find That May inscribes upon the roses, Ah, so many hundreds of thousand times I rejoice and gaze down into the valley, For on the square by the linden tree, My darling wishes to tryst with me today! Ah, why am I not beautiful and rich, Ah, why do I not have splendour and gold? That I, equal in beauty to my darling, Could adorn myself as I please! Tell me, you linden tree, oh tell to me What she could admire about me? I do not know how to find anything beautiful -- Not in myself, nor in the linden tree! Down in the valley, where the forest path runs, Where the wild stream bursts through the rocks, I see her coming, wafted about by the wind, Oh you my love, my life, my light! Ah, how rich, how rich I am! Ah, I know of nothing more beautiful withal Than the splendour that may be found On the square by the linden tree.
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"An der Linden" = "By the linden tree"
"Das erste Stelldichein" = "The first tryst"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Das erste Stelldichein", appears in Liederbuch
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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-04
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Word count: 194