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Im Garten steht die Nonne Bei Rosen in der Sonne, Die ihr ein Kränzlein flechten Zur Linken und zur Rechten. Herüber aus dem Saale Erklingt vom Hochzeitsmahle Das Tanzen und das Singen; Die Braut möcht jeder schwingen. Sie kühlet hold umfangen Am Fenster sich die Wangen; Die Nonne schaut herüber, Ihr gehn die Augen über: "Wie glüht im Rosenglanze Sie unterm weißen Kranze, Und unter roter Rose Erbleich ich Freudenlose.
Confirmed with A. E. Fröhlich's Gesammelte Schriften, zweiter Band: Lieder, Frauenfeld: A. Reimmann, 1853, pages 273 - 274. Appears in Erzählende Lieder.
Text Authorship:
- by Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796 - 1865), "Die Nonne", appears in Erzählende Lieder [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 Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), "Die Nonne", op. 13 (Lieder im Volkston für vier Männerstimmen) no. 15 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Berlin: Bethge [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Die Nonne", op. 49 (Romanzen und Balladen für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 2)) no. 3 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by Paul Trauttenfels (b. 1849), "Die Nonne", published 1876 [ female voice and piano ], from Lieder der Verlassenen. Lyrische Dichtungen für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La monja", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De non", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The nun", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La nonne", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Margo Briessinck , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 70
The nun stands in the garden In the sunshine beside the roses, Which braid a wreath for her On the left and on the right. Across to her from the grand hall, Where a wedding feast is taking place, Come the sounds of dancing and of singing; Everyone wishes to take a turn dancing with the bride. Lovingly embraced, she cools Her cheeks at the window; The nun looks over to her And her eyes overflow with tears: "How she glows with the radiance of a rose Und the white wreath, And under red roses I, the joyless one, grow pallid."
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796 - 1865), "Die Nonne", appears in Erzählende Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 101