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Glockenblumen, was läutet ihr? Wer ist im Walde gestorben? Oder wißt ihr, daß heimlich hier Liebe um Liebe geworben? Wißt ihr's, wohin auf dem einsamen Pfad Schritt und Gedanken mir streben? Blumen, ich höre nicht euren Klang, Seh' euch nur schwingen und schweben. Lauschenden Blättern denn läutet es aus, Klinget wie Harfen und Psalmen, Meldet's im Grünen von Haus zu Haus Bäumen und Büschen und Halmen. Liebe macht selig wie nichts in der Welt, Lachen möcht' ich und weinen, Glücklichste ich unterm Himmelszelt, Blumen, -- ich liebe Einen!
Composition:
- Set to music by Luise Greger (1862 - 1944), "Waltrauts Lied", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Sulzer Nachf.
Text Authorship:
- by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), no title, appears in Der wilde Jäger: Eine Waidmannsmär, first published 1877
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 91
Canterbury bells, why do you toll? Who has died in the forest? Or do you know that secretly here Love wooed love? Do you know whither on the solitary pathway My steps and thoughts are striving? Flowers, I do not hear your sound, I only see you swinging and swaying. Ring it out to the listening leaves, Resound like harps and psalms, Proclaim it in the greenery from house to house To trees and bushes and grass blades. Love makes one happy like nothing else in the world, I would like to laugh and weep, I am the happiest under the canopy of heaven, Flowers, -- I love Someone!
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Translated titles:"Glockenblumen, was läutet ihr?" = "Canterbury bells, why do you toll?"
"Waldtrauts Lied" = "Waldtraut’s Song"
"Glockenblumen" = "Canterbury bells"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), no title, appears in Der wilde Jäger: Eine Waidmannsmär, first published 1877
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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 110