by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by T. P. (Peter) Perrin

Die Arme‑Sünderblum
 (Sung text for setting by M. White)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Am Kreuzweg wird begraben
Wer selber sich brachte um;
Dort wächst eine blaue Blume,
Die Armesünderblum'.

Am Kreuzweg sass ich und seufzte;
Die Nacht war kalt und stumm.
Im Mondschein bewegte sich langsam
Die Armesünderblum'.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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At the crossroads he was buried
 (Sung text translation for setting by M. White)
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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
At the crossroads he was buried,
the one who took his own life.
A blue flower grows there,
the Woeful-sinner's-bloom.
 
At the crossroads I stood sighing;
the night was cold and still.
The Woeful-sinner's-bloom
slowly stirred in the moonlight.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-28
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