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Als ich nun zum ersten Male Wieder durch den Garten ging, Busch und Bächlein in dem Thale Lustig an zu plaudern fing. Blumen halbverstohlen blickten Neckend aus dem Gras heraus, Bunte Schmetterlinge schickten Sie sogleich auf Kundschaft aus. Auch der Kuckuck in den Zweigen Fand sich bald zum Spielen ein, Endlich brach der Baum das Schweigen: "Warum kommst du heut allein?" Da ich aber schwieg, da rührt' er Wunderbar sein dunkles Haupt, Und ein Flüstern konnt' ich spüren Zwischen Vöglein, Blüth' und Laub. Thränen in dem Grase hingen, Durch die abendstille Rund Klagend nun die Quellen gingen, Und ich weint' aus Herzensgrund.
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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Erster Theil. Gedichte. Berlin: M. Simion, 1841, pages 319 to 320.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 2 [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 Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Auf meines Kindes Tod I", op. 24 no. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Trauer und Trost. Sechs Gesänge, no. 3, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-07-08
Line count: 20
Word count: 103
When I now for the first time Again walked through the garden, Bushes and streamlets in the valley Merrily began to prattle. Flowers half-furtively peeked Teasingly out from the grass, They immediately sent out colourful butterflies To see what was up. Also the cuckoo in the branches Soon turned up to play, Finally the tree broke the silence: "Why do you come alone today?" But when I remained silent, [the tree] Moved its dark head wondrously, And I could discern a whispering Between the birds, the blossoms and the leaves. Tears hung in the grass, Through the circle of evening quietness The wellsprings lamented, And I wept from the depths of my heart.
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Number 2. of Auf meines Kindes Tod
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2013-08-08
Line count: 20
Word count: 114