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Rosen brach ich nachts mir am dunklen Hage; Süßer hauchten Duft sie als je am Tage; Doch verstreuten reich die bewegten Äste Tau, der mich näßte. Auch der Küsse Duft mich wie nie berückte, Die ich nachts vom Strauch deiner Lippen pflückte: Doch auch dir, bewegt im Gemüt gleich jenen, Tauten die Tränen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923), "Gereimte sapphische Ode", appears in Gedichte und Übersetzungen, in In antiker Form, Offenbach, no date [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sapphische Ode", op. 94 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme -- für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1884), published 1884 [ low voice or high voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ode saffica", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 53
By night I picked roses from the dark hedge; They breathed a sweeter fragrance than by day; But the movement of the branches richly Showered me with dew. I was also captivated as never before by the fragrance of your kisses, Which I picked by night from your rose-bush lips: But you, too, moved just as they did in your mind, And shed a dew of tears!
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Translation of title "Sapphische Ode" = "Sapphic Ode"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923), "Gereimte sapphische Ode", appears in Gedichte und Übersetzungen, in In antiker Form, Offenbach, no date
This text was added to the website: 2019-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 67