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by Ferdinand Ludwig Anders (1806 - 1872), as Ferdinand Stolle

Es duften die Lindenbäume
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es duften die Lindenbäume
in dunkler Abendzeit,
und tiefer wird und stiller
die Abendeinsamkeit.

Und blick' ich über die Wipfel
weit in die Nacht hinauf,
da steigen die [gold'nen]1 Sterne
aus ihrer Tiefe herauf.

Da drüben rauscht es im Garten
wie leiser Geisterchor;
es sind die [silbernen]2 Lilien,
sie singen sich Märchen ins Ohr.

Und kühle, stille Nachtluft,
die weht zu meiner Brust;
Ich bin mir die [Ruhe]3 des Abends
mit Innigkeit bewusst.

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Confirmed with Ferdinand Stolle, Nacht und Morgen: Novellen, Phantasiestücke und Lieder, Leipzig, 1836 (above); and with Ferdinand Stolle, Ausgewählte Schriften, Leipzig, 1858 (changes in footnotes below).

Note for stanza 4, line 3, word 4 ("die"), provided by Johann Winkler: this a severe grammatical mistake in all Stolle editions available online and should be "Ich bin mir der Ruhe ... bewusst"; one could say "ich mache mir die Ruhe ... bewusst". There is no obvious artistic value in this mistake.

1 Kalliwoda: "goldenen"
2 1858 edition: "weißen"
3 Kalliwoda, 1858 edition: "Stille"

Text Authorship:

  • by Ferdinand Ludwig Anders (1806 - 1872), as Ferdinand Stolle, "Es duften die Lindenbäume", appears in Nacht und Morgen: Novellen, Phantasiestücke und Lieder [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 Wilhelm Kalliwoda (1827 - 1893), "Es duften die Lindenbäume" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

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