Trauernder Flieder
Language: German (Deutsch)
"Am [Friedhof blüht]1 der Fliederbaum
[Just]2 eben,
Steh' ich vor ihm, kommt [mir]3 im Traum
Mein Leben --
"Mein Leben, das ich nur zum Schein
Noch habe,
Seit sie ihn trugen dort hinein
Zu Grabe."
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• R. Maux View original text (without footnotes)
Confirmed with Martin Greif Neue Lieder und Mären, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1902, page 134
1 Maux: "Friehof [sic] hüllt"
2 Maux: "sich"
3 Maux: "wie"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Mourning lilac", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 37
Mourning lilac
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
"By the graveyard the lilac tree is only just
[Blooming]1,
When I stand in front of it, my life comes to me
[In]2 a dream --
"My life that only as an illusion
I still possess
Since they carried him yonder into
His grave."
View original text (without footnotes)
1 Maux: "Shrouding itself [in blossoms]"
2 Maux: "like"
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