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by Philipp Otto Runge (1777 - 1810)

Es blüht eine schöne Blume
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Es blüht eine schöne Blume
  in einem weiten Land,
Die ist so selig geschaffen
  und wenigen bekannt,
Ihr Duft erfüllet die Tale,
  ihr Glanz erleuchtet den Wald,
Und wo, ein Kranker sie siehet,
  die Krankheit entweichet bald.

Wo kommt im Morgenwinde
  die blitzende Sonne her?
Was glüht am kühlen Abend
  auf Bergen, an Wolken, im Meer?
Die Bäch' und Seen erglänzen
  im klaren Mondesschein;
Am Himmel sind unsre Hütten,
  drinn' leuchten Sternelein.

Drei Könige kamen gezogen
  zu einem Heiligtum,
Der Stern stand über dem Hause,
  drinn' lag die süße Blum';
Wenn ich zweien Augen erblicke
  die funkeln hin und her,
So wünsch' ich: daß im Herzen
  dies süße Blümlein wär!

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•   A. Mergner 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Philipp Otto Runge (1777 - 1810) [author's text not yet checked 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 Adam Christoph Friedrich Mergner (1818 - 1891), "Die süße Blume" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Die Blume der Blumen" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "The flower of the flowers", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 114

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