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Was steht denn auf den hundert Blättern Der Rose all? Was sagt denn tausendfaches Schmettern Der Nachtigall? Auf allen Blättern steht, was stehet Auf einem Blatt; Aus jedem [Lied]1 weht, was gewehet Im ersten hat: Daß Schönheit in sich [selbst]2 beschrieben Hat einen Kreis, Und keinen andern auch das Lieben Zu finden weiss. Drum kreist um sich mit hundert Blättern Die Rose all, Und um sie tausendfaches Schmettern Der Nachtigall.
Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert, Gesammelte poetische Werke, Fünfter Band. Neue Ausgabe, Frankfurt am Main: Sauerl&aauml;nder, 1882, pages 326-327. Note: in this edition, in stanza 3, line 1, word 5 is a typo: "sebst" instead of "selbst". In later editions, the word becomes "selb'"
1 Esser: "Liede"2 Esser: "selb'"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Zauberkreis", appears in Wanderung, in 4. Vierter Bezirk. Östliche Rosen [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 Albert Hermann Dietrich (1829 - 1908), "Zauberkreis", op. 8 (6 zweistimmige Lieder) no. 3, published 1853 [ vocal duet with piano ], Bonn: Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Zauberkreis", op. 40 (4 Lieder) no. 3, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Zauberkreis", 1843-4?, published 2003 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Toverkring", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 72
Wat staat er op de honderd blaadjes Der roos zo al? Wat zegt het duizendvoudig slaan van De nachtegaal? Op alle blaadjes staat wat staat op Een enkel blad; En ieder lied zingt wat gezongen Het eerste had: Dat schoonheid, in zichzelf beschreven, Creëert een kring, En dat niets anders ook de liefde Kent dan zo’n ring. Dus schept een ban met honderd blaadjes De roos totaal, En om haar ‘t duizendvoudig slaan van De nachtegaal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Zauberkreis", appears in Wanderung, in 4. Vierter Bezirk. Östliche Rosen
This text was added to the website: 2017-03-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 76