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Wie bist [Du so]1 schön, o Mädchen, Du lieblich blühn'des Kind! Ich glaub' nicht, daß im Sommer Die Rosen schöner sind. Bald welkt am Strauch die Rose, [Ob]2 man sie pflegen mag; [Allein]3 Du blühest schöner An jedem neuen Tag. Die Nachtigall singt lieblich Dort in dem Wiesengrund, Doch schön're Töne quellen, Aus deinem holden Mund. Auf Deinen süßen [Wangen]4, Auf Deinen [Lippen]5 lacht Von tausend frischen Rosen Die jugendliche Pracht. Ein Netz aus [goldenen]6 Fäden, Es ist Dein blondes Haar! Aus heller Stirne leuchtet Dein blaues Augenpaar. Um Deine Lippen schwebet Froh jugendlich der Scherz; Doch bleibt von all' dem Schönen Das schönste doch Dein Herz.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Buch der Lieder von C. Herloßsohn, 2. Aufl. Leipzig, 1849.
1 Fischer: "Du"2 Fischer: "Wie"
3 Fischer: "Doch du,"
4 Fischer: "Lippen"
5 Fischer: "Wangen"
6 Fischer: "gold'nen"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloßsohn, "Louise", appears in Buch der Liebe, in Lieder der Liebe [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Louise", op. 39 no. 5, published 1846, from 7 Lieder aus dem Buche der Liebe, von C. Herlosssohn, no. 5, Stuttgart : Göpel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Fischer (1816 - 1877), "Wie bist du schön", op. 10 (2 Gedichte, von C. Herlosssohn, für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1850 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Louisa", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 114
How beautiful you are, o maiden, You lovely, budding child! I do not believe, that in summertime That the roses could be more beautiful. Soon the rose will fade on its stem, So that one will wish to pluck it; But you alone bloom more beautifully On each new day. The nightingale's song is lovely There in the meadow, Yet even more beautiful sounds Spring from your tender mouth. On your sweet cheeks, And on your lips, Like a thousand fresh roses The glory of youth laughs. A net of golden filigree Is your blond hair! And from a clear brow Your two blue eyes sparkle. Around your lips hovers The happy, girlish trace of a joke; Yet still there remains, of all your beauties, Indeed the most beautiful of all, your heart.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloßsohn, "Louise", appears in Buch der Liebe, in Lieder der Liebe
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 133