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Acht Lieder und Gesänge , opus 16

by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889)

1. Liebeswunsch  [sung text not yet checked]

O, wär' mein Lieb' die rote Ros',
Die auf des Schlosses Mauer glüht!
O, wär' ich selbst der Tropfen Thau,
Den man im Kelch der Rose sieht!

An ihrer Brust die ganze Nacht
Läg' ich, und schwelgt' in trunkner Lust;
Bis Morgens, wo der Tag erwacht,
Läg' ich an ihrer süßen Brust.

O, wär' mein Lieb ein Holderstrauch,
Wie der, voll Blumen jeder Ast!
O, wär' ich selbst ein Vögelein!
Auf seinen Zweigen hielt' ich Rast.

Wie wollt' ich trauern, säh' ich ihn
Entblättern [des Novembers Wehn]1;
Wie singen, sähe [blüh'nd]2 und grün
Ich wieder ihn im Lenze stehn!

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ferdinand Freiligrath, Siebente (der Miniatur-Ausgabe zweite) Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1844, page 438.

Note: Freiligrath has divided his translation into four stanzas, where Burns' original is usually published in two. He has also rearranged the stanzas, so Burns' stanza 1 corresponds to stanzas 3 and 4 of Freiligrath.

1 Brandeis: "von Herbst und Winters Weh'n"; Tomášek: "durch des Herbstes Wehn"
2 Tomášek: "schmuck"

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

2. Blick der Liebe 

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3. Serenade 

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4. Liebestäuschung 

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5. Liebesglut 

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6. Der Fröhliche 

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7. Die Gondoliere 

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8. Scheidegruß 

Es zieht heran, ich hör' es
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