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Rührt euch, Blumen, wacht auf und hebt die verweineten Augen,
Morgenschauer schon gehn kühl über Wiesen und Wald.
Wie eine Braut entsteigt die Sonne dem rosigen Pfühle,
Blickt durch die Welt entweit, schweigend vor seliger Lust;
Küßt die Thränen euch linde von den gemaleten Wangen,
Die ihr vor Sehnsucht geweint, träumend in stillauer Nacht,
Wie sich's nun überall regt und funkelt und jauchzet und sprühet,
Gott! o wie schön ist die Welt, wenn sie die Liebe bescheint!
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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.
Confirmed with Gedichte aus dem Nachlasse des Freiherrn Joseph von Eichendorff, herausgegeben von Heinrich Meisner mit einem Jugendbildnisse des Dichters, Leipzig, C. F. Amelangs Verlag, 1888, p. 25.
Composition:
- Set to music by Hans-Georg Burghardt (1909 - 1993), "Blumen und Liebe", stanza 1
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Blumen und Liebe", appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlasse
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Flowers and Love", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 148
Rouse yourselves, ye flowers, awaken and open your tear-dimmed eyes.
The morning showers already fall cool upon the meadows and forests around!
As the Sun bestirs a bride from her pillow (odour of roses),
so she looks far and wide through all the world, silently approving my blessed joy.
She kisses the mild tears from thy painted cheeks,
As they have stained you from longing whilst you dreamed in the still night.
Behold, everywhere things move about, sparkle, rejoice, and are full to bursting!
God! O how beautiful the world is when it shines upon love!
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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Andrew Schneider, (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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Blumen und Liebe", appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlasse
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 180