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[O Apfelblüte!]1 Und wenn ich werd’ im Sarg gebettet liegen, Bringt mir die Kerze Der, für den ich glühte. Und wenn die Bahre mich hat aufgenommen, Wird mein Geliebter in die Kirche kommen. Und wenn er weint vor großem Kummer, dann Schlag’ ich die Augen auf und lächl’ ihn an. [Und wenn er lacht um seine todte Braut, Schlag’ ich die Augen auf und weine laut.]2 Und wenn er spricht: Ach Herz, ich liebte dich! – Seh’ ich ihn an und sag’: O bete nun für mich!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Italienisches Liederbuch von Paul Heyse, Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz, Berlin, 1860, page 4.
1 omitted by Goetz and Marx.2 omitted by Goetz.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 3, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Und wenn ich werd' im Sarg gebettet liegen", op. 4 no. 3 (1866), published 1869 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Rispetti: Sechs Italienische Volksgesänge, no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Die tote Braut", 1912, published 1912 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The dead bride", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 11
Word count: 90
[Oh apple blossom!]1 And when I lie bedded in my coffin, He, for whom I blazed with love, shall bring me the candle. And when the bier has received me, My beloved shall come into the church. And if he weeps in his great anguish, then I shall open my eyes and smile at him. And if he laughs because of his dead bride, I shall open my eyes and weep loudly. And if he speaks: Ah, my heart, I loved you! - I shall look and him and say: Oh pray for me now!
1 omitted by Marx.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 3, first published 1860
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2012-07-26
Line count: 11
Word count: 96