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Ein Hochzeitbitter [zog]1 der Lenz [Den Wald entlang]2 und See, Zog hin mit Sang und Klange, Mir aber ward so bange, Als läge noch der Schnee. Und Gäste lud zu sich der Lenz, Mich aber lud er nicht, [Er sah mich, ach!]3 gefangen, Ich hing an jenen Wangen, An jenem Angesicht. Nun bin ich frei, nun kommt der Lenz, Nun erst genieß' ich ganz, Wenn ruh'ger auch und stiller, Der Bäche grünen Schiller, Der Rosen frischen Glanz.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen. In Einem Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1839, page 17.
1 Reiss: "kam"2 Hensel: "entlang den Wald"
3 Hensel: "Ach!"
Text Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, written 1820, appears in Lieder und Romanzen [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 Gustav Dippe (1858 - 1914), "Ein Hochzeitbitter zog der Lenz", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, R. Schultz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ein Hochzeitbitter", 1836 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Heinrich Adolf Reiss (1829 - 1908), "Frühlingsbotschaft", op. 4 (Drei Lieder von August von Platen) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 80
Like a marriage suitor Spring advanced along the forest and lake, advanced with singing and music, but I was so fearful while snow was still lying on the ground. And Spring invited guests to join him, but he did not invite me, he saw me, alas!, captivated, I hung on those cheeks, on that face. Now I am free, now Spring comes, now at last I enjoy it fully, even if more calmly and quietly, the brooks’ green luster, the roses’ fresh radiance.
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Translation of title "Ein Hochzeitbitter" = "A marriage suitor"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, written 1820, appears in Lieder und Romanzen
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 83