Through the colorful rose hedge

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)

Translation © by Amy Pfrimmer

Durch die bunten Rosenhecken

(Sung text for setting by L. Reichardt)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Durch die bunten Rosenhecken 
Flattern Schmetterlinge hin, 
Munt're Lerchentöne wecken 
Schon die Tageskönigin.

Immer wach sind meine Sorgen, 
Nimmer ruht dies treue Herz, 
Und ein jeder rote Morgen 
Findet meinen regen Schmerz.

Wollt ihr mich der Qual entbinden? 
Hört ihr, Götter, mein Gebet? 
Kann ich nie die Ruhe finden, 
Die mein Herz von euch erfleht?

Composition:

Luise Reichardt

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title

See other settings of this text.

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

ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

Through the colorful rose hedge

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Reichardt)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Through the colorful rose hedge 
butterflies flutter on their way;
The larks’ lively songs 
are already waking the Queen of the Day.

My worries are always awake; 
this faithful heart never rests.
And every dawning red morning 
finds my pain stirring.

Oh! When will I find peace, 
will it be soon, how, or late?
Hear, you gods, my prayer, if you would 
deliver me from tormenting fate.

Translation of titles
"Durch die bunten Rosenhecken" = "Through the colorful rose hedge"
"Frühe Sorge" = "Morning Distress"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Amy Pfrimmer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 69