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by Heinrich Seidel (1842 - 1906)

Die Blumen wiegen und nicken
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Blumen wiegen und nicken 
Im schlafenden Garten all, 
Als ob sie träumend lauschten
Dem Lied der Nachtigall.

Sie singt die alte Klage:
„Ihr müsst verblühn, verwehn!“ 
Die Blumen nicken im Traume,
Weil sie es wohl verstehn.

Am Morgen singt die Lerche 
Herab aus blauen Höhn
Die alten Jubellieder:
„O Welt, wie bist du schön!“ 

Die Blumen nicken freudig
Im sonnigen Gartenraum --
Sie haben längst vergessen
Den alten trüben Traum. --

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Confirmed with Glockenspiel. Gesammelte Gedichte von Heinrich Seidel. Fünftes Tausend, Leipzig, A. G. Liebeskind, 1897, pages 137-138.


Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Seidel (1842 - 1906), "Leichter Sinn ", appears in Glockenspiel: Gesammelte Gedichte, in Lieder [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 Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Leichter Sinn", op. 111, published 1872 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Leichter Sinn", op. 138 (8 Gesänge), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Robert Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bruno Schmidt (b. 1848), "Die Blumen wiegen und nicken", op. 63 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Simon , "Leichter Sinn", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Nürnberg, Schmid Nachf.  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

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