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by Saigyō Hōshi (1118 - 1190)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Blüten
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Japanese (日本語) 
Wie kommt es, dass die Blüten nimmermehr
Aufhören, meine Seele zu entzücken?
Ich habe längst mich von der ganzen Welt
Zurückgezogen; alles ist mir gleich. -
Wie aber kommt es, dass ich ganz beglückt
Beim Anblick einer schönen Blüte bin?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Immisch 

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Confirmed with Hans Bethge, Japanischer Frühling. Nachdichtungen japanischer Lyrik, Leipzig, Insel Verlag, 1920, page 94.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Blüten", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Saigyō Hōshi (1118 - 1190) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Artur Immisch (1902 - 1949), "Blüten", 1929 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Lieder aus Japanischer Frühling, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974), "Blüten", op. 8 no. 5 (1911) [ voice and piano ], from Kirschblütenlieder, no. 5, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-19
Line count: 6
Word count: 42

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