A little flower blooms beside the mossy water-spring

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Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es blühet ein Blümchen an moosigem Quell

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

[Es blühet ein Blümchen an moosigem Quell.]¹
Es strahlet so lieblich und helle, 
Blau ist seine Farbe, hell strahlet [seÿn]² Licht, 
Die Liebe nennt es Vergißmeinnicht!

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Note: Many versions of this text exist. It was used frequently in Poesie albums in the 19th century.

¹ Lang (1848 setting): "Ein Blümchen blühet am moosigen Quell"
² Lang (1848 setting): "sein"

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "In ein Stammbuch", c1834 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "In's Stammbuch der kleinen Maria Jäger", 1848 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-30
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Word count: 28

A little flower blooms beside the mossy...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A little flower blooms beside the mossy water-spring.
It gleams so delightfully and brightly,
Its colour is blue, its light shines radiantly,
Love calls it forget-me-not!

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Translations of title(s):
"In ein Stammbuch" = "For an autograph album"
"In's Stammbuch der kleinen Maria Jäger" = "For the autograph album of little Marie Jäger"

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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 26