Translation by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Es fiel ein Reif See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the German (Deutsch)
Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht, Es fiel auf die bunten Blaublümelein: Sie sind verwelket, verdorret. Ein Jüngling hatte ein Mädchen lieb, Sie flohen heimlich von Hause fort, Es wußt' weder Vater noch Mutter. Sie sind gewandert hin und her, Sie haben gehabt weder Glück noch Stern, Sie sind gestorben, verdorben.
Composition:
- Set to music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Es fiel ein Reif", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass im Freien zu singen) no. 3 (1838) [ SATB quartet ]
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Tragödie, no. 2 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Blaublümelein", collected by Arnim and Brentano
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (August Matthijs)
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Er viel eens rijp in de lentenacht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "There fell a frost on a night of Spring", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Discese la brina...", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone popolare", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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