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Wie die Wellen still sich legen Nach dem leichten Abendwind, Wie die Mutter sorgsam [wieget]1 In den Schlaf [ein]2 liebes Kind; Möchte ich mein heißes Sehnen In der Seele wiegen ein, Und ['ne]3 alte schlimme Klage Sollt' damit verklungen seyn. Spielend mit den Frühlingsluften Wird die Blume rosenroth, Aber in dem zarten Kelche Schlummert [leis]4 ihr früher Tod. So geschieht's auch meiner Liebe In dem stets bewegten Herz, Hat ihr [Leben kaum]5 begonnen, Fühlt sie schon des Todes Schmerz.
Confirmed with Der Nürnberger Lustwandler. Ein Blatt für gesellige Unterhaltung, Nro. 56 (Donnerstag den 11. May 1837) page 223.
1 Lang: "leget"2 Lang: "ihr"
3 Lang: "die"
4 Lang: "auch"
5 Lang: "Lieben auch"
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
- by Friedrich Georg Christoph Philipp Mayer (1804 - 1857), "Frühes Sterben" [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Frühes Sterben", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran oder Alt) no. 4 (1838), published 1860 [ mezzo-soprano or alto, piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , "Early death", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Joanna Lonergan , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2005-03-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 84
Just as the waves come to rest After the soft evening breeze, Just as a mother solicitously [Rocks a dear child]1 to sleep, Thus would I like to rock to sleep The fervent yearning in my soul, And [an]2 old, evil lament Would therewith have faded away. Playing with the breezes of spring, The flower turns rose-red, But in the tender chalice [Quietly slumbers]3 its early death. Thus it happens to my love as well, In my ever-restless heart; [When its life has barely]4 begun It already feels the pangs of death.
1 Lang: "places her dear child down"
2 Lang: "the"
3 Lang: "Slumbers too"
4 Lang: "As soon as its loving has"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs and Harald Krebs, (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) misattributed to Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856) and by Friedrich Georg Christoph Philipp Mayer (1804 - 1857), "Frühes Sterben"
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 96