Is it a greeting from you

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Auf des Kindes Tod I

(Sung text for setting by B. Randhartinger)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Ist's ein Gruß von dir, 
Was das Veilchen haucht,
Das aus jungem Grün 
Eben aufgetaucht?
  Ist's ein Gruß von dir aus weiter Fern,
  Ach, ein Gruß von dir, mein Augenstern!

  Ist's ein Gruß von dir,
Den das Vöglein bringt,
der so langen Tons
Von dem Wipfel klingt?
  Ist's ein Gruß von dir aus weiter Fern,
  Ach, ein Gruß von dir, mein Augenstern!

  Ist's ein Gruß von dir,
Den ich schnell erlauscht,
Was das Bächlein singt, 
Was die Tanne rauscht?
  Ist's ein Gruß von dir aus weiter Fern,
  Ach, ein Gruß von dir, mein Augenstern!


  Ist's ein Gruß von dir? 
Kannst du's wissen denn,
Wie die Wunde mir 
Tief im Herzen brenn'?
  Ist's ein Gruß von dir? Woher zur Frist
  Weißt du, Kind, wie weh', wie weh' mir ist?

Composition:

Benedikt Randhartinger

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Ist's ein Gruß von dir!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 216

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 130

Upon my child's death I

(Sung text translation for setting by B. Randhartinger)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Is it a greeting from you,
That which the violet breathes,
The violet that just sprouted
From the young greenery?
  Is it a greeting from you from far away,
  Ah, a greeting from you, my shining star!

  Is it a greeting from you,
That the birdlet brings,
the greeting that rings from the treetop
With such such long tones?
  Is it a greeting from you from far away,
  Ah, a greeting from you, my shining star!

  Is it a greeting from you,
That I quickly picked up,
That which the brooklet sings,
That which the fir soughs?
  Is it a greeting from you from far away,
  Ah, a greeting from you, my shining star!

  
  Is it a greeting from you?
Can you then know,
How the wound burns
Deep within my heart?
  Is it a greeting from you? How do you know
  Just at this time, child, how sore, how sore is my heart?

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