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by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904)

Was weinst du, Blümlein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG FRE SPA
Was weinst du, Blümlein,
   Im Morgenschein?
Das Blümlein lachte --:
   Was fällt dir ein!
 
Ich bin ja fröhlich,
   Ich weine nicht, --
Die Freudenthräne
   Durch's Aug' mir bricht! --
 
Ich frug das Bächlein:
   Was rinnst du dahin
Wie ein Thränenstrom
   Durch's Wiesengrün?
 
Da klang es heraus
   Aus der Wellenbrust:
Mein Strömen ist Freude,
   Ist Brausen der Lust! --
 
Du Morgenhimmel!
   Bist blutig roth,
Als läg' deine Sonne
   Im Meere todt?
 
Da lacht der Himmel
   Und ruft mich an:
Ich streue ja Rosen
   Auf ihre Bahn! --
 
Und strahlend flammte
   Die Sonne hervor,
Die Blumen blühten
   Freudig empor.
 
Des Baches Wellen
   Jauchzten auf,
Und die Sonne lachte
   Flammend drauf!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Schumann 

C. Schumann sets stanzas 1-2, 5-8

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Confirmed with Hermann Rollett, Jucunde, Leipzig: Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1853, pages 18-20. In this edition it has no title; a later edition titled Ausgewählte Gedichte adds the title "Stille Freude".


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), "Stille Freude" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Stille Freude", op. 296 (4 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Stille Liebe", op. 12 no. 8, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], from Lenz und Liebe. Eine Liederreihe, no. 8, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Was weinst du, Blümlein", op. 23 no. 1, published 1856, stanzas 1-2,5-8 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "Why weep, dear blossom, in the morning sun?", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pourquoi pleures-tu, petite fleur", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 106

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