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2 Lieder , opus 30

by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)

Translations available for the entire opus: ENG 

1. Glockenblume
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die blaue Glockenblume
Hast du begehrt von mir; --
O sag', was soll die arme,
Die schlichte Blüte dir?

Du hast sie nur begehret
Im Scherze, froh und leicht;
Daß meine Hand gezittert,
Als ich sie dir gereicht, --

Davon kein leises Ahnen
Durch deine Seele zieht;
Du hast sie längst vergessen
Noch eh' sie ist verblüht.

 ... 

Mag mir das Glöcklein tönen
Ein leises Grabgeläut,
Wenn ich hinunter senke
Die kurze Seligkeit!

Text Authorship:

  • by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877), "Die Glockenblume", written 1839, appears in Mein Liederbuch, in Aus dem Frauenleben

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The bluebell", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note provided by Sharon Krebs: Ottilie Wildermuth’s poems were not published until after her death. Josephine Lang knew her personally and obtained the poems directly from the poet. Therefore the changes noted in the footnotes might not be Lang’s, but rather earlier versions by Wildermuth herself.

2. Wiegenlied in stürmischer Zeit
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schlafe Kindlein, schlafe,
Thu' die Äuglein zu,
Gottes Engel hüten 
Deine süsse Ruh!
 
Ob die Donner rollen,
Zuckt der Blitze Schein,
Möge doch mein Kindlein
Ruhig schlafen ein!
 
Gottes Engel schirmen
Deinen linden Schlaf!
Wen der Herr behütet,
Nie ein Wetter traf!
 
Und wir wollten zagen,
Wo ein Kindlein ruht?
Sind wir all' nicht Kinder
In des Vaters Hut?

Text Authorship:

  • by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877), no title, written 1848, appears in Mein Liederbuch, in Haus und Heimat, in Wiegenlieder in stürmischer Zeit. (1848.), no. 1

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: Ottilie Wildermuth’s poems were not published until after her death. Josephine Lang knew her personally and obtained the poems directly from the poet. Therefore the changes noted in the footnotes might not be Lang’s, but rather earlier versions by Wildermuth herself.

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