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by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894)

Arme Blume, aufgewacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Arme Blume, aufgewacht 
Erst im Sternenscheine,
Arme Blume! deine Pracht 
Blüht nun ganz alleine --
In der Nacht.

Deine Blätter nicken sacht; 
Kühle Lüfte wehen; 
Sonne, die so golden lacht, 
Wirst du nimmer sehen -- 
In der Nacht.

All die Freuden, reich entfacht,
Darfst du nicht erwerben; 
Wo kein Auge dein hat Acht, 
Mußt verlassen sterben --
In der Nacht. 

Auch in meines Herzens Schacht
Thut solch Blümlein stehen,
Dessen noch kein Aug' gedacht,
Wird wie du vergehen --
In der Nacht. 

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Confirmed with Ausgewählte Gedichte von Ludwig Pfau, herausgegeben von Ernst Kiel, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1898, pages 62-63.


Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894), "Nachtblumen", appears in Gedichte [1847], in 3. Lieder und Stimmen, in Mädchenlieder, no. 2 [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 Adam Arenson , "Nachtblumen", published 1891 [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder (Gedichte von Ludwig Pfau), no. 2, Berlin: Georg Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jan Ingenhoven (1876 - 1951), "Nachtviole", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Blumenlieder, no. 4, München: Dr. Heinrich Levy [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann (1803 - 1856), "Die Nachtblume" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 6, Stuttgart: Ebner'sche Kunst- & Musikalienhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Kleinmichel (1846 - 1901), "Warum bist du aufgewacht", op. 30 no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Mädchenlieder, no. 2, Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil (von) Sauer (1862 - 1942), "Nachtblumen", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1, Mainz, London u. a.: B. Schott's Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Warum bist du aufgewacht", 1894, stanzas 1-2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by August Stradal (1860 - 1930), "Nachtblumen ", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Gebrüder Reinecke [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-11-24
Line count: 20
Word count: 80

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