by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)
Liebe säuseln die Blätter See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Seine Tochter, die Liebe,
Baut dem Vogel die Nester,
Paaret Blumen und Blüten,
Führt dem Manne die Männin zu.
Note: the text above is taken from stanza 5 of the original text.
This is Hölty's poem in its version posthumously printed in the editions edited by Voß. Hölty's original version differs in several verses (see below).
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Liebe säuseln die Blätter", D 988, stanza 5 [ vocal trio ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Maigesang", written 1776, first published 1778
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-08
Line count: 50
Word count: 217