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Durch die bunten Rosenhecken Flattern Schmetterlinge hin, Munt're Lerchentöne wecken Schon die Tageskönigin. Immer wach sind meine Sorgen, Nimmer ruht dies treue Herz, Und ein jeder rote Morgen Findet meinen regen Schmerz. Wollt ihr mich der Qual entbinden? Hört ihr, Götter, mein Gebet? Kann ich nie die Ruhe finden, Die mein Herz von euch erfleht?
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Ludwig Tiecks Sämmtliche Werke, Bd. 1, Paris, 1841.
1 Reichardt:Ach! wann werd ich Ruhe finden Ist es bald, wie oder spät? Wollt ihr mich der Quaal entbinden, Hört ihr Götter mein Gebet!
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Frühe Sorge", H-U 90 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Durch die bunten Rosenhecken" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , 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: 12
Word count: 55
Through the colorful rose hedge butterflies flutter on their way; The larks’ lively songs are already waking the Queen of the Day. My worries are always awake; this faithful heart never rests. And every dawning red morning finds my pain stirring. [Will you deliver me from tormenting fate? Gods, do you hear my prayer? Can I never find the peace That my heart begs to receive from you?]1
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"Durch die bunten Rosenhecken" = "Through the colorful rose hedge"
"Frühe Sorge" = "Morning Distress"
Oh! When will I find peace, will it be soon, how, or late? Hear, you gods, my prayer, if you would deliver me from tormenting fate.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 69