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Diese Rose pflück' ich hier In der fremden Ferne, Liebes Mädchen, dir, ach dir, Brächt' ich sie so gerne! Doch bis ich zu dir mag ziehn Viele weite Meilen, Ist die Rose längst dahin; Denn die Rosen eilen. Nie soll weiter sich in's Land Lieb' von Liebe wagen, Als sich blühend in der Hand Läßt die Rose tragen; Oder als die Nachtigall Halme bringt zum Neste, Oder als ihr süßer Schall Wandert mit dem Weste.
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• B. Bartók • H. Bussmeyer • J. Lang • E. Mattiesen • F. Mendelssohn • O. Schoeck • J. Schulz-WeidaAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 173.
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge, in An die Entfernte, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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I pick this rose here In the unknown distance. Dear maiden, to you, ah to you I would bring it so gladly! But by the time I could travel to you Many distant miles, The rose would long be wilted; For roses hasten to die. Never should lovers venture Farther from each other Than a blooming rose may be Carried in a person's hand without wilting; Or farther than the nightingale Brings straws to its nest, Or farther than the nightingale's sweet sounds Are carried by the west wind.
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• B. Bartók • J. Lang • E. Mattiesen • F. Mendelssohn • O. SchoeckTranslated titles:
An die Entfernte = To the distant one
An die Entfernte I = To the distant one I
Der Entfernten = To the distant one
Diese Rose pflück' ich hier = I pick this rose here
Mit einer Rose = With a rose
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge, in An die Entfernte, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 93