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by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870)

Es öffnet leise klingend
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es öffnet leise klingend 
Des Windes luft'ger Scherz 
Der Blumen rothe Lippen, 
Der Blätter grünes Herz. 

Es spitzt [das]1 Schilf die Ohren, 
Wenn's säuselt in dem Ried, 
Und rauscht mit tausend Zungen 
Ein frisches Morgenlied. 

Die Vögel auf den Zweigen 
Erweckt der Blätter Klang, 
Und in [den]2 Äther wirbelt 
Frohlockend ihr Gesang. 

Und hört der Mensch hierunten, 
Wie Alles lieblich stimmt, 
Wie Luft auf Wog' und Blättern 
In Melodieen schwimmt:  

Drückt er die Hand des Bruders 
Voll Andacht im Gemüt, 
Und seine Lippe jubelt, 
Und seine Seele glüht.

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•   A. Billeter 

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Confirmed with Adolf Böttger, Gedichte, Leipzig: Dürr'sche Buchhandlung, 1854, pages 67 - 68. Appears in Wartburglieder.

Note: in some editions of Böttger's poems, stanza 4 line 1 is " Und hört der Mensch im Tale".

1 Billeter: "der"
2 Billeter: "dem"

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870), "Unterwegs", appears in Gedichte, in Wartburglieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Agathon Billeter (1834 - 1881), "Auf der Wanderschaft" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Amalie Karoline Luise Scholl (1823 - 1879), "Auf der Wartburg", subtitle: "Unterwegs", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte ) no. 3, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-01-17
Line count: 20
Word count: 90

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