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Die letzten Blumen starben! Längst sank die Königin Der warmen Sommermonde, Die holde Rose hin! Du, hehre Georgine, Erhebst nicht mehr dein Haupt! Selbst meine hohe Pappel [Sah]1 ich schon halb entlaubt. Bin ich doch weder Pappel, Noch Rose zart und schlank, Warum soll ich nicht sinken, Da selbst die Rose sank?
Note: at the top of the Schumann score is the following text: "Ein Gedicht voll trüber Todesahnung, wohl aus ihrem letzten Lebensjahr. Sie hatte neben ihrer "Hütte" ein kleines Gärtchen, in dem sie Jahraus, Jahrein, Blumen pflegte. Auch eine Pappel stand in der Nähe."
1 Schumann: "Seh"
Text Authorship:
- by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Die letzten Blumen starben", appears in Gemäldesammlung in vierundzwanzig Sälen, in 24. Vierundzwanzigster Saal, no. 1, first published 1825 [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Die letzten Blumen starben", op. 104 no. 6 (1851), published 1851 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder von Elisabeth Kulmann zur Erinnerung an die Dichterin, no. 6, Leipzig, Kistner
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "S’han mort les últimes flors", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De laatste bloemen stierven", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The last flowers have died", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les dernières fleurs sont mortes !", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Les dernières fleurs ont vécu", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Les dernières fleurs ont vécu, il y a longtemps qu’a dépéri la reine des chaudes lunes d’été, la gracieuse rose. Superbe dahlia, tu ne dresses plus ta corolle ! Mon grand peuplier lui-même le voilà déjà à moitié déplumé. Moi qui ne suis ni peuplier ni douce rose gracile, pourquoi est-ce que je ne m’étiole pas alors que la rose elle-même a dépéri ?
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Stéphane Goldet and Pierre de Rosamel, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Die letzten Blumen starben", appears in Gemäldesammlung in vierundzwanzig Sälen, in 24. Vierundzwanzigster Saal, no. 1, first published 1825
This text was added to the website: 2016-11-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 62