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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
  In den Schlaf ein liebes Kind;
 
Möchte ich mein heißes Sehnen
  In der Seele wiegen ein,
Und 'ne alte schlimme Klage
  Sollt' damit verklungen seyn.
 
Spielend mit den Frühlingsluften
  Wird die Blume rosenroth,
Aber in dem zarten Kelche
  Schlummert leis ihr früher Tod.
 
So geschieht's auch meiner Liebe
  In dem stets bewegten Herz,
Hat ihr Leben kaum 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.


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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