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Unter Blütendolden
Bienlein golden,
Weiße Turteltauben schwingen
Hoch zum Himmel sich;
Sonnenlicht das helle
Küßt die Welle;
Mädchen! Und in's Aug' Dir dringen
Thränen bitterlich?
"Mein kein Bienlein denket,
Ach, mich kränket,
Daß ich unter Turteltauben
Immer bin allein!
Weil die Lieb' entbehre,
Fließt die Zähre,
Mich beglückt kein freudig Glauben,
Daß ein Liebstes mein!"
Confirmed with O. Malybrok-Stieler, Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, Prag: Druck und Verlag von J. Otto, 1887, page 158.
Text Authorship:
- by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler, "Gegensatz", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 2. Übertragungen , in Nach böhmischen Dichtern [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Czech (Čeština) by Eliška Krásnohorská (1847 - 1926), "Proto", appears in Z máje žití, first published 1871
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Antithesis", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-02-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 55
Under flower-umbrels
Little golden bees,
White turtledoves lift themselves
High toward Heaven;
The bright sunlight
Kisses the wave;
Maiden! And into your eyes come
Tears bitterly?
"No little bee thinks of me,
Ah, I am aggrieved
That among the turtledoves
I am always alone!
Because I go without love,
My tears flow,
I am not made happy by any joyful belief
That a beloved is mine!"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler, "Gegensatz", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 2. Übertragungen , in Nach böhmischen Dichtern
Based on:
- a text in Czech (Čeština) by Eliška Krásnohorská (1847 - 1926), "Proto", appears in Z máje žití, first published 1871
This text was added to the website: 2022-02-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 66