by Lily Bernhard (flourished 1840)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Kleine Tropfen, seid ihr Tränen
An den Blumenkelchen da?
Oder war's des Herzens Sehnen,
Das die Blumen weinen sah?

Frühlingssäuseln, wehst die Klagen
In das zarte junge Grün?
Oder hör' nur ich es fragen:
Wo sind deine Freuden hin?

Gottes Augen seid ihr nimmer,
Sternlein in dem Himmelszelt!
Ach, es strahlt kein Trostesschimmer
In die freudenlose Welt!

Composition:

    Set to music by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Mädchen-Schwermut", op. posth. 142 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3 (1840), published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Meisjesmelancholie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The maiden's melancholy", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mélancolie de jeune fille", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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