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by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Liebesgeschenke
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Ich pflückte eine kleine Pfirsichblüte
Und brachte sie der schönen jungen Frau,
Die Lippen hat -- o rosiger, beim Himmel,
Und zarter als die feinsten Pfirsichblüten.

Und eine schwarze Schwalbe fing ich ein
Und brachte sie der schönen jungen Frau,
Die Augenbrauen hat, so schlank und dunkel
Wie einer Schwalbe schlankes Flügelpaar.

Am andern Tage war die Pfirsichblüte
Verwelkt, die Schwalbe aber war entflohen
In jene fernen blauen Berge, wo 
Der Genius der Pfirsichblüten wohnt.

Jedoch der Mund der schönen jungen Frau
Blieb süß und rosig, wie er voher glänzte,
Und ihrer Augenbrauen Flügelpaar
Flog nicht davon und ziert sie immerzu.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Strauss 

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Confirmed with Hans Bethge, Die chinesische Flöte, Insel Verlag, 1918, page 55.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Liebesgeschenke", appears in Die chinesische Flöte [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 Hans Altmann (1904 - 1961), "Liebesgeschenke", op. 24 no. 6, published c1963 [ voice and piano ], from 7 Lieder aus Die chinesische Flöte, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anna Hegeler (1879 - 1937), "Liebesgeschenke", 1911 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arie Gijsbert Schuyer (1881 - 1941), "Liebesgeschenke" [ voice and piano ], from 15 Gesänge, no. 9, Offenbach am Main : Johann André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Liebesgeschenke", op. 77 no. 3 (1928), published 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge des Orients. Nachdichtungen aus dem Persischen und Chinesischen von Hans Bethge, no. 3, Leipzig: F.E.C. Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Georg Wolfsohn (1881 - 1955), "Liebesgeschenke", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus der Chinesischen Flöte des Hans Bethge, no. 5, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Presents d’amor", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Gifts of Love", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Cadeaux d'amoureux", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 101

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