by
Alfred Friedmann (1845 - 1923)
Du Frühlingsmorgen, du Sternenpracht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du Frühlingsmorgen, du Sternenpracht,
Du Rosenknospe, du Maiennacht,
Meine süße, köstliche Liebe!
Du Mondesglanz und du Sonnenstrahl,
Dein denk’ ich des Tages wohl tausendmal,
Meine süße, köstliche Liebe!
Mein Morgengebet [und]1 mein Abendgesang,
Mein Waldesrauschen, mein Kirchengang,
Meine süße, köstliche Liebe!
Wärst Du mir genommen, wär’ Nacht um mich;
Du bist mein Leben, drum lieb’ ich dich,
Meine süße, köstliche Liebe!
Du wirst mein letzter Gedanke sein,
Und steht auf dem Grab einst mein Leichenstein,
So wünscht’ ich, daß man drauf schriebe:
Sie war sein Lenz, seine Sternennacht,
Seine Rosenknospe und [Maienpracht]2,
Seine einzige, köstliche Liebe!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
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1 omitted by Moeller
2 Moeller: "Maiennacht"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georg August Behrens-Senegalden (flourished 1890s), "Ein sangbar Lied", op. 3, Heft 2 no. 9, published 1891 [ low voice and piano ], from Lotosblätter für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 9, Berlin, Sulzer Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Fr. Ernst , "Ein sangbar Lied", op. 10 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Stettin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Moeller , "Du Frühlingsmorgen", op. 18 no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Marburg: Chr. Lorch [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2014-12-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 99
You spring morning, you splendour of...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
You spring morning, you splendour of stars,
You rosebud, you May night,
My sweet, precious love!
You radiance of the moon and you sunbeam,
I think of you at least a thousand times a day,
My sweet, precious love!
My morning prayer [and]1 my evening song,
My soughing of the woods, my walk to church,
My sweet, precious love!
If you were taken from me, I would be enclosed in night;
You are my life, therefore I love you,
My sweet, precious love!
You shall be my last thought,
And when once a tombstone stands upon my grave,
I wish that one would write there:
She was his spring, his night of stars,
His rosebud and his [splendour of May]2,
His sweet, precious love!
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Translations of title(s):
"Ein sangbar Lied" = "A singable song"
"Du Frühlingsmorgen" = "You spring morning"
1 omitted by Moeller
2 Moeller: "May night"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Friedmann (1845 - 1923), "Ein sangbar Lied"
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 127
