Mourning lilac | By the graveyard the lilac tree is only just

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by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Trauernder Flieder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

"Am Friedhof blüht der Fliederbaum
Just eben,
Steh' ich vor ihm, kommt mir 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

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Confirmed with Martin Greif Neue Lieder und Mären, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1902, page 134

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), "Trauernder Flieder", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Stimmen und Gestalten [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 Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Trauernder Flieder" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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,
When I stand in front of it, my life comes to me
In a dream --

"My life that only as an illusion
I still possess
Since they carried him yonder into
His grave."

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), "Trauernder Flieder", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Stimmen und Gestalten
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 46