A frost descended in the springtime night

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es fiel ein Reif

(Sung text for setting by W. Petersen)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es fiel ein Reif in  ...  Frühlingsnacht 
wohl über die schöne Blümelein,
sie sind verwelket, verdorret.

Ein Knabe hatt' ein Mägdlein lieb, 
sie liefen heimlich von Hause fort,
es wußt's nicht Vater, noch Mutter.

Sie liefen weit ins fremde Land,
sie hatten weder Glück, noch Stern,
sie sind verdorben, gestorben.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

See also Backer-Grøndahl's song, which uses some of this text.

Composition:

Wilhelm Petersen

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Blaublümelein", collected by Arnim and Brentano

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Word count: 77

A frost descended

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Petersen)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A frost descended in springtime night,
It fell upon the lovely little flowers,
They wilted, they withered.

A lad loved a maiden;
They fled secretly from their home,
Neither father nor mother knew it.

They ran far into a foreign land,
They had neither good fortune nor a guiding star,
They perished, they died.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

Translations of title(s):
"Blaublümelein" = "Little blue flowers"
"Der Reif" = "The frost"
"Es fiel ein Reif" = "A frost descended"
"Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht" = "A frost descended in the springtime night"
"Kein Glück noch Stern" = "Neither good fortune nor a guiding star"
"Volkslied" = "Folksong"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Blaublümelein", collected by Arnim and Brentano
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