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Kleine Blume im engen Thal, Dich auch fand [der Sonne Strahl,]1 Armes Herz in der kranken Brust, Dir auch ward der Liebe Lust. Und die Blume das Köpfchen hing, Als die Sonne weiter ging, Und das Herz es brach entzwei Als das kurze Glück vorbei!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Albert Traeger, Leipzig: Ernst Keil, 1858, page 83.
1 Lang: "ein Sonnenstrahl!"Text Authorship:
- by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912), "Sonnenblicke", appears in Gedichte, in Kleinigkeiten [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 Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933), "Sonnenblicke", op. 11 (Acht Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Sonnenblicke", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder) no. 2, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sonnenblick", op. 40 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 1 (1864), published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Theodor Stürmer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Moritz Scharf (1838 - 1908), "Sonnenblicke", op. 20 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Haushahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Sonnenblicke", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sunny glimpse", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 46
Little flower in the narrow valley, [The rays of the sun]1 found you too; Poor heart in the sick bosom, You too have experienced love's joy. And the flower hung its little head When the sun passed on; And the heart broke in two When the short happiness was past!
Translated titles:
Sonnenblicke = Sunny glimpses
Sonnenblick = Sunny glimpse
1 Lang: "A sunbeam"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon 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) by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912), "Sonnenblicke", appears in Gedichte, in Kleinigkeiten
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 51