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In unsers Vaters Garten, Da war's noch gestern grün, Da sah ich noch so mancherlei, So schöne Blumen blühn. Und heut' ist Alles anders, Und heut' ist Alles todt: Wo seid ihr hin, ihr Blümelein, Ihr Blümlein gelb und roth? "O liebes Kind, wir schlafen Nach Gottes Willen hier, Bis er uns seinen Frühling schickt, Und dann erwachen wir. Ja, deine Blümlein schlafen: So wirst auch schlafen du, Bis dich erweckt ein Frühlingstag Aus deiner langen Ruh. Und wenn du dann erwachest, O möchtest du dann sein So heiter und so frühlingsfroh Wie deine Blümelein!"
Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Herausgegeben von Dr. Heinrich Gerstenberg, Zweiter Band, Lyrische Gedichte: Kinderleben. Die vier Jahreszeiten, Berlin: F. Fontane, 1891, page 120.
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Der Blümlein Antwort", subtitle: "5. December 1842", written 1842, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Jahre der politischen Kämpfe [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 Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Der Blümlein Antwort", op. 41 (Zehn Chor-Duette (im Freien zu singen)) no. 4, published 1879 [ sa chorus ], Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The little flowers' answer", subtitle: "December 5, 1842", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-03-21
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Word count: 95
In our father's garden It was still green yesterday, We still saw so many different kinds of Beautiful flowers blooming. And today everything is different, And today everything is dead: Where did you go, you little flowers, You little flowers yellow and red? "Oh dear child, we are sleeping here According to God's will, Until He sends us His springtime, And then we shall awaken. Yes, your flowers are sleeping: Thus you shall also sleep, Until a springtime day wakens you From your long rest. And when you then awaken, Oh, may you then be As merry and as happy in spring As your little flowers are!"
Subtitle: "December 5, 1842"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Der Blümlein Antwort", subtitle: "5. December 1842", written 1842, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Kinderleben, in Jahre der politischen Kämpfe
This text was added to the website: 2025-03-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 107