by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Einst wollte ich einen Kranz dir winden Und konnte keine Blumen finden! Jetzt find ich Blumen fern und nah, Ach! aber du bist nicht mehr da!
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Einst", S. 332 (1878), published 1879 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 1. Lieder der Liebe, in 1. Vorklänge, no. 4
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Outrora", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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