Die Linde
Language: German (Deutsch)
O Lindenbaum, welch schöner Traum
Ist dir beschert vor allen:
Du blühst, wenn längst jedwedem Baum
Die Blüten sind entfallen.
Wenn glühend brennt der Sonne Strahl,
Und schon die Früchte schwellen,
Da sendest du hinab in's Thal
Weithin der Düfte Wellen.
O könnt' auch ich, wenn mir verweht
Der Jugendtraum im Winde,
Noch blühen fort im Leben spät
Wie du, süßduftge Linde!
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• A. Häring View text with all available footnotes
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 72.
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 August Barth (b. 1827) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Gottlieb Belcke (b. 1796) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Fiby (1834 - 1917), "Die Linde", op. 15 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1882 [ men's chorus ], Wien: Buchholz & Diebel Sort. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Häring (b. 1825), "Die Linde", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für Männerchor) no. 4, published 1878 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig: Robert Forberg [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Köllner (1839 - 1891), "Die Linde", op. 199 (Drei Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1894 [ ttbb chorus ], Berlin: Fr. Luckardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Nägeli (1811 - 1872) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Die Linde" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Weber (b. 1819) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The linden tree", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The linden tree
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh linden tree, what a lovely dream
Has been granted to you before all others:
You bloom when from all other trees
The blossoms have long fallen.
When the sun's beams burn glowingly
And the fruits are already swelling,
Then you send down into the valley
Far and wide the waves of scent.
Oh, could I, too, when the dream of youth
Has dissipated in the wind for me,
Still blossom on late in life,
Like you, sweet-scented linden tree!
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