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Blühe, liebes Veilchen, Mir zu Liebe doch; Blühe [mir]1 ein Weilchen Immer schöner noch! Weißt du, was ich meyne? Bist ihr Augenlicht! [Nein, im]2 blauen Scheine [Bist du schöner nicht!]3 Blühe, holde Rose, Meiner Seele Lust, In des Mai's Gekose, Stolz und unbewußt. Weißt du, was ich dachte? Bist der Wangen Roth, Das den Tod mir brachte, Aber süßen Tod! Blühe, braune Nelke! Blühe, Lilie weiß! Daß kein Stürmen welke Eurer Farbe Preis! Wisset, daß ihr malend Braune Locken webt, Und den Wuchs, der strahlend Mich zum Himmel hebt.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with P.C., Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto's von der Malsburg Poetischer Nachlaß und Umrisse aus seinem innern Leben, Cassel: In Commission bei J.J. Bohné, 1825, pages 126-127.
See also Knabe und Veilchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
1 Lang: "nur"2 Lang: "In dem"
3 Lang: "Schöner bist du nicht"
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto, Freiherr von der Malsburg (1786 - 1824), "Erde", appears in Poetischer Nachlaß und Umrisse aus seinem innern Leben, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Vier Lieder, no. 3 [author's text checked 2 times 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), "Veilchen", <<1834 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 92
Bloom, dear little violet, As a favour to me; [Bloom a short while for me]1 Ever more beautifully! Do you know what I mean? You are the light of her eyes! [No, with]2 your blue gleaming You are not more beautiful [than they]! Bloom, lovely rose, Joy of my soul, In the caresses of May, Proudly and unconsciously. Do you know what I thought? You are the red of her cheeks, That brought me death, But what a sweet death! Bloom, brown carnation! Bloom, lily white! That no storm may wither The glory of your colours! Know that you artistically Weave brown curls, And that rioting, that glowingly Lifts me heavenward.
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View text without footnotesTranslated titles:
"Erde" = "Earth"
"Veilchen" = "Violet"
2 Lang: "With"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto, Freiherr von der Malsburg (1786 - 1824), "Erde", appears in Poetischer Nachlaß und Umrisse aus seinem innern Leben, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Vier Lieder, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 113