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by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962)

Weide, silbern Angesicht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Weide, silbern Angesicht,
Weil ich dich von weitem sehe,
  Leidet mich's und hält mich nicht,
Bis ich grüßend vor dir stehe.

  Heut! -- Und oh, wie manches Jahr
Kam ich, Weide, dich befragen!
  Denn ich wußte: Frühling war,
Wenn du wieder ausgeschlagen.

  Jahr um Jahr dieselbe Tracht.
Eh die andern sich bemühen,
  Weidenbaum bist aufgewacht
Und beginnst alsbald zu blühen.

  Ich verspür die Wandlung kaum,
Und sie hat dich schon durchdrungen;
  Gülden überm Silberflaum
Künden mir die tausend Zungen.

  Botschaft, Jahr um Jahr erneut:
Frühling kam, die Welt geht offen!--
  Weide, die mein Herz erfreut:
Wer ums Wunder weiss, lernt hoffen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Schelb 

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Confirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, pages 401-402.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), no title, written 1935, appears in Gedichte, in Die Weltlichen Gedichte, in Die Liederkreise, in Frühlingsanfang, no. 3 [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 Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "Weide, silbern Angesicht", from 4 Lieder der Besinnung, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Willow, silver-faced one", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Dr. Albert Schelb

This text was added to the website: 2018-03-19
Line count: 20
Word count: 104

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