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by Emilie Wilhelmine Bertha Behrens (1848 - 1912), as Wilhelmine Behrens

Sie saßen im duftenden Garten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sie saßen im duftenden Garten
Unter dem Fliederbaum,
Die scheidende Sonne färbte
Golden der Wolke Saum. 

Sie hatte ihr blondes Köpfchen
An seine Brust geschmiegt,
Es hatten sich ihre Hände
Fest ineinander gefügt. 

Sie waren beide so glücklich
Und beide so still zugleich  -- 
Ist doch die Sprache der Liebe
So arm  --  und dennoch so reich!  

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with W. Heimburg's gesammelte Romane und Novellen, erster Band: Aus dem Leben meiner alten Freundin, Leipzig: Ernst Keil's Nachfolger. Chapters are not numbered, page 94.


Text Authorship:

  • by Emilie Wilhelmine Bertha Behrens (1848 - 1912), as Wilhelmine Behrens, no title, written 1894-1897, appears in Aus dem Leben meiner alter Freundin [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 Emil Weidenhagen (1862 - 1922), "Hannah's Lieblingslied", published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Magdeburg, Rathke [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-02-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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