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Dort am grünen Hügel glänzen Schmucke Blümchen schön wie Gold, Ihnen sind als Frühlingsboten Alle Menschen gut und hold. Schlüsselblümchen ist ihr Name, Und wie Honig süss ihr Duft, [Und mit]1 Veilchen um die Wette Würzen sie die linde Luft. Sie des Lenzes erste Kinder Sind gar frühe schon erwacht, Stiegen aus des Grabes Dunkel Eh' noch Ostermorgen tagt. Sie erschlossen froh die Erde Bei des Lenzes erstem Weh'n Und verkünden, daß sich nahe, Aller Blüthen Aufersteh'n. Diese Blümchen laß ein Zeichen Himmelsköniginn Dir sein, Daß ich freudig Dir die Schlüssel Weih' zu [meines Herzens Schrein]2. Schliesse früh es auf zur Tugend. Mach' es jung an Schätzen reich, Rein und golden laß' es glänzen, Den bescheid'nen Blümchen gleich.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Lindpaintner: "Mit dem"
2 Liszt: "meinem Herzensschrein"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Müller (1802 - 1872), "Schlüsselblume", subtitle: "Primula veris" [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 Peter Joseph Lindpaintner (1791 - 1856), "Schlüsselblume", op. 164 no. 2, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], from Muttergottes-Stäußlein zum Maimonat. 8 fromme Lieder von Dr. Jos. Müller, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Die Schlüsselblumen", S. 316 no. 2 (1857), published 1860 [ voice and piano ], from Muttergottes-Sträußlein zum Maimonate, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The cowslips", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les primevères", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 121
There near the green hill shine Picture-perfect little flowers, as beautiful as gold; As they are harbingers of spring, All people are fond of them. Cowslips [literally "key-flowers"] is their name And their scent is as sweet as honey, Competing with violets They spice up the balmy air. They, the first children of spring, Awakened very early already, They rose from the darkness of the grave Before Easter morning dawned. They happily unlocked the earth With the first breezes of spring And proclaim that there approaches The resurrection of all blossoms. Queen of Heaven, let these little flowers Be a sign for you, That I gladly consecrate to you The keys of the shrine of my heart. Unlock it early to [receive] virtue, Already in youth make it rich, Let it shine golden and pure Just like the modest little flowers.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 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 Joseph Müller (1802 - 1872), "Schlüsselblume", subtitle: "Primula veris"
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 141