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Ein einzig Sternlein in den Höhn-- Wie lachst du, arme Heide, Mich an so frisch, so wunderschön, Als wie die grünste Weide! Ein einzig Röslein, hell entfacht Nach langem, bangem Warten.-- Gleich bist, verzaubert, du erwacht Zum allerschönsten Garten! Ein einzger leiser Glockenlaut Dort von der fernen Halde-- Gleich singen alle Vögel traut Mir wie im grünsten Walde! Und dankbar muß mein Lied auf's neu Dich, arme Heide, segnen! Wie weiß doch Gott so mild und treu Uns Beiden zu begegnen!
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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874, mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 112.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Auf der Heide", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 126 [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 Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Auf der Haide", op. 22 no. 10, published 1876 [ ttbb chorus ], from Fünfzehn Lieder und Gesänge von Friedrich Oser zunächst für Volksgesang (vierstimmigen Männerchor), no. 10, Binningen: Kompfe [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 82
A single little star on high -- How, poor heath, do you smile at me As freshly, as wondrously beautifully As the greenest pasture would! A single little rose, brightly enflamed After long, anxious waiting.-- Enchanted, you immediately awoke To the most beautiful of gardens! A single, quiet sound of a bell There from the distant acclivity-- Immediately all the birds sing cozily To me as in the greenest forest! And in gratitude my song must anew Bless you, you poor heath! How, so gently and faithfully, God knows To commune with the two of us!
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Translations of title(s):
"Auf der Heide" = "Upon the heath"
"Auf der Haide" = "Upon the heath"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Auf der Heide", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 126
This text was added to the website: 2017-07-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 96