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Graf Eberhard im Bart Vom Würtemberger Land, Er kam auf frommer Fahrt Zu Palästina's Strand. Daselbst er einsmals ritt Durch einen frischen Wald; Ein grünes Reis er schnitt Von einem Weißdorn bald. Er steckt' es mit Bedacht Auf seinen Eisenhut; Er trug es in der Schlacht Und über Meeres Flut. Und als er war daheim, Er's in die Erde steckt, Wobald manch neuen Keim Der neue Frühling weckt. Der Graf, getreu und gut, Besucht' es jedes Jahr, Erfreute dran den Mut, Wie es gewachsen war. Der Herr war alt und laß, das Reislein war ein Baum, Darunter oftmals saß Der Greis im tiefsten Traum. Die Wölbung, hoch und breit, Mit sanftem Rauschen mahnt Ihn an die alte Zeit Und an das ferne Land!
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Graf Eberhards Weißdorn" [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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Graf Eberhards Weißdorn", op. 61 (Elf Lieder) no. 2 (1914), published 1914 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Graf Eberhards Weißdorn", op. 9, Heft 4 no. 5 (1825), published 1828
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'aubépine du comte Eberhard", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il biancospino del Conte Eberardo", copyright © 2006, (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.
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Word count: 123
Il Conte Eberardo dalla Barba della Contea del Wurttenberg, venne in devoto viaggio alle spiagge di Palestina. Qui cavalcò una volta per un bosco ameno; e tagliò un ramo verde da un biancospino. Se lo attaccò con attenzione all'elmo, lo portò in battaglia e sulle onde del mare. E quando tornò a casa, lo piantò nella terra, dove presto nuovi germogli destò la primavera. Il Conte, fedele e buono, andava a guardare ogni anno, e se ne rallegrava, come la pianta cresceva. Il Signore era vecchio e stanco, il rametto era diventato un albero, sotto il quale spesso sedeva il vecchio in sogni profondi. La chioma dell'albero, alta e grande, con dolce stormire gli ricorda il tempo antico e il paese lontano!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Graf Eberhards Weißdorn"
This text was added to the website: 2006-04-02
Line count: 28
Word count: 122