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Chor: Wie Blätter am Baum, Wie Blumen vergeh'n - Wie Blütenflaum Die Winde verweh'n. So geht vorbei Des Lebens Mai Eh' wir's denken, Deckt das Grab, Was das Leben Liebes gab! Rose: Oh Schwester, tief beklagt! Chor: Wir werfen in dein frühes Grab Die Blumen betend still hinab.- Totengräber: Sei dir die Erde leicht! Chor: Der Erde geben wir zurück Dich, uns're Hoffnung, unser Glück. Rose: Schlumm're sanft! Chor: Schmerz ging mit uns ans Grab hinaus, Schmerz geht mit uns ins Trauerhaus! Rose: Ruh' sanft!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Moritz Horn (1814 - 1874), no title, appears in Die Pilgerfahrt der Rose, in Der Rose Rast, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, first published 1852
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), no title, op. 112 no. 8, published 1852 [ solo voices, chorus, and piano ], from oratorio Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, no. 8, Leipzig, Kistner
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-30
Line count: 28
Word count: 84
Chorus: How leaves upon trees, How flowers decay How downy blossoms Are scattered by the wind, Thus passes Life's Maytime. Before we realize it, The grave covers The good and beautiful things Life gave us. Rose: Oh sister, deeply mourned!- Chorus: We cast into your early grave Flowers prayerfully down. Gravedigger: May the sod rest lightly upon you! Chorus: We give you back to the earth, Our hope, our joy. Rose: Sleep softly! Chorus: Pain walked with us out to the grave, Pain walks with us into the house of mourning! Rose: Rest softly! [Rest in peace]
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Moritz Horn (1814 - 1874), no title, appears in Die Pilgerfahrt der Rose, in Der Rose Rast, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, first published 1852
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-10
Line count: 28
Word count: 97