Bedeckt mich mit Blumen,
Ich sterbe vor Liebe.
Daß die Luft mit leisem Wehen
nicht den süßen Duft ... entführe,
Bedeckt mich!
Ist ja alles doch dasselbe,
Liebesodem oder Düfte
Von Blumen.
Von Jasmin und weißen Lilien
sollt ihr hier mein Grab bereiten,
Ich sterbe.
Und befragt ihr mich: Woran?
sag' ich: Unter süßen Qualen
Vor Liebe.
Composition:
Set to music by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Bedeckt mich mit Blumen", op. 76 no. 5, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) , "O'erstrew me with flowers"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Couvre moi de fleurs, je meurs", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ricopritemi di fiori", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , "Cubridme con flores", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 58
Cover me with flowers;
I am dying of love.
Cover me so that the breeze with its light wafting
May not carry the sweet scent away from me,
Cover me!
For it is all the same,
The breath of love or scents
Of flowers.
Of jasmine and white lilies
You are to prepare my grave here;
I am dying.
And if you ask me: Of what?
I say: In sweet agony
Of love.
