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Die Blume verblühet auf fließender Fluth, Der Ranke entrissen, Sie fehlet dem Felsen, der Sonnengluth -- Wer wird sie vermissen? Die Jugend enteilet auf ziehender Zeit, Das Glück mit dem Winde, Sie wehen und wandern und fliehen so weit -- Wer lebt, der sie binde? Die Lieder verhallen, die Liebe vergeht, Vom Schicksal getragen, Die Welle wird Erz, eh' die Liebe besteht, Drum klinget mein Klagen. Doch endlich da ist auch die Klage verraucht, In ewige Leere; Die Blume, die Seele zerbricht, verhaucht, Vergessen im Meere.
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Confirmed with: Carmen Sylva, Sappho, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1880, page 7.
Text Authorship:
- by Elisabeth Pauline Ottilie Luise zu Wied, Prinzessin (1843 - 1916), as Carmen Sylva, no title, appears in Sappho, in 1. Erster Gesang [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 Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Die Blume verblühet auf fliessender Fluth", op. 6 no. 1 (1883/84), published 1884 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Sappho's Gesänge aus Carmen Sylva's Dichtung, no. 1, Braunschweig, H. Litolff [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La flor es marceix al corrent de les aigües", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-12-26
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Word count: 84
La flor es marceix al corrent de les aigües, arrencada pel circell, ella mancarà a les roques, a la xardor del sol – Qui la trobarà a faltar? La joventut fuig de pressa amb el pas del temps, la felicitat amb el vent, elles alenen i avancen i fugen tan lluny – Qui viu que les pugui fermar? Les cançons s’amorteixen, l’amor s’esvaneix, portats pel destí, l’onada esdevé mineral abans que l’amor duri, per això ressona el meu plany. Però finalment el plany s’esfuma també en la buidor eterna; la flor que l’ànima esberla, expira, oblidada al mar.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2024 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Elisabeth Pauline Ottilie Luise zu Wied, Prinzessin (1843 - 1916), as Carmen Sylva, no title, appears in Sappho, in 1. Erster Gesang
This text was added to the website: 2024-01-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 98