by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation Singable translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937)

Am Kreuzweg wird begraben
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Am Kreuzweg wird begraben
Wer selber sich brachte um;
[Dort]1 wächst eine blaue Blume,
Die [Armesünderblum']2.

Am Kreuzweg [stand]3 ich und seufzte;
Die Nacht war kalt und stumm.
Im Mondschein bewegte sich langsam
Die [Armesünderblum']2.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 166.

1 Griffes: "Da"
2 Cahn-Speyer: "Armensünderblum' "
3 White: "sass"

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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Beneath the crossroads slumber
The self-destroyed dead.
There grows a pure blue flower
The sinner's flow'r, 'tis said.

I sat and sigh'd at the crossroads;
It was the midnight hour.
And there in the moonlight wav'd slowly,
The sinner's pure blue flow'r.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-24
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