Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht, Es fiel auf die [zarten]1 Blaublümelein: Sie sind verwelket, [verdorrt]2. Ein Jüngling hatte ein Mädchen lieb; Sie flohen heimlich [von]3 Hause fort, Es [wußt']4 weder Vater noch Mutter. Sie sind gewandert hin und her, Sie haben gehabt weder Glück noch Stern, Sie sind [verdorben, gestorben]5.
Sieben Lieder
Song Cycle by Ernst Schauss (1882 - 1953)
Word count: 107
1. Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Tragödie, no. 2 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Blaublümelein", collected by Arnim and Brentano
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (August Matthijs)
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Er viel eens rijp in de lentenacht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "There fell a frost on a night of Spring", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Discese la brina...", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone popolare", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Author's note: Dieses ist ein wirkliches Volkslied, welches ich am Rheine gehört --Heine (Translation: This is a real folksong that I heard on the Rhein)
See also Backer-Grøndahl's song, which uses some of this text.
1 Hiller, Mendelssohn: "bunten"2 Hermann, Hiller, Mendelssohn, Rubinstein, Schumann: "verdorret"
3 Rubinstein: "vom"
4 Hermann, Hiller: "wusst's"
5 Hiller, Mendelssohn, C. Schumann: words reversed.
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
4. Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze [sung text not yet checked]
Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen [aufs]1 Herze mein; - Ach, hörst du, wie's [pochet]2 im Kämmerlein? Da hauset ein Zimmermann schlimm und arg, Der zimmert mir einen Totensarg. [Es]3 hämmert und klopfet bei Tag und bei Nacht; [Es]3 hat mich schon längst um den Schlaf gebracht. Ach! sputet Euch, Meister Zimmermann, Damit ich [balde]4 schlafen kann.
Authorship
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1817, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 4, first published 1827 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lief liefje, voel 't hart eens", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Dear sweetheart, lay your hand on my heart", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Daniel Platt) , "My dear, lay your hand here", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chère bien‑aimée, pose tes petites mains sur mon cœur", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Amore mio, posa la mano sul mio cuore", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Note: first titled "Der Zimmermann"; later titled "Holzmeyer"
1 Medtner: "auf" [sic]
2 Lange-Müller: "pocht"
3 Lange-Müller: "Er"
4 Lachner: "bald"; Franz: "nun balde"
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]