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Unter den rothen Blumen, Schlummere, [mein]1 Vögelein! Unter den rothen Blumen, [Grab' ich dich traurig]2 ein. Hast [mir]3 so schön gesungen, [Hab']4 dich so sehr geliebt! Kehlchen hat ausgeklungen, [O wie mich das]5 betrübt! [Als du noch sangst, hatte]6 Rosen [Blühend der Mai]7 geweckt. [Aber nun]8 mit Zeitlosen [Hab' ich]9 dich zugedeckt!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Neue Naturgeschichte der Stubenvögel. Ein Lehrgedicht von Bechstein dem Jüngern , Hannover: In der Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung, 1846, page 290.
1 G. Schumann, R. Schumann: "lieb"2 G. Schumann, R. Schumann: "Graben wir traurig dich"
3 G. Schumann, R. Schumann: "uns"
4 G. Schumann, R. Schumann: "haben"
5 G. Schumann: "Ach, wie mir [sic] das"; R. Schumann: "Ach! wie uns das so sehr"
6 G. Schumann: "Hattest noch uns're"; R. Schumann: "Als du noch sangest, hatte"
7 G. Schumann: "Mit deinem Lied"; R. Schumann: "Blühender Mai"
8 G. Schumann: "Haben nun"; R. Schumann: "Aber heute"
9 G. Schumann: "Vögelein"; R. Schumann: "Haben wir"
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Bechstein (1801 - 1860), "Rothkehlchens Begräbniß", appears in Neue Naturgeschichte der Stubenvögel. Ein Lehrgedicht von Bechstein dem Jüngern, in Naturgeschichte der einzelnen Arten der Stubenvögel, in 6. Singvögel [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johanna von Hahn , "Vögleins Begräbniss", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Kinderlieder mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Riga, Seezen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Vögeleins Begräbnis", op. 75 (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 4 (1860) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frédéric Louis Ritter (1826 - 1891), "Vögeleins Begräbniss", op. 3, Heft 1 no. 5, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], from Kinder-Lieder, no. 5, Leipzig, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "Vögleins Begräbniss", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston: moderne Volkslieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Nänie", op. 114 (Drei Lieder für drei Frauenstimmen und Klavier) no. 1 (1849), published 1853 [ vocal trio for female voices with piano ], Bonn, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Vögleins Begräbniss", op. 204 no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft XIV, no. 3, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
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] (Lau Kanen) , "Klaaglied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A little funeral song", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant funèbre", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-02-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
Sous les fleurs rouges, Dors, cher petit oiseau, Sous les fleurs rouges, Tristement nous t'enterrons ici. Sous les fleurs rouges, Dors, cher petit oiseau. Tu as chanté si joliment pour nous, Nous t'avons tant aimé ! Ta petite gorge a cessé de sonner, Hélas, comme cela nous attriste ! Tu as chanté si joliment pour nous, Nous t'avons tant aimé ! Quand tu chantais encore, Le mois de Mai en fleurs a réveillé les roses, Mais aujourd'hui avec des colchiques, Nous t'avons recouvert ! Sous les fleurs rouges, Dors, cher petit oiseau.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Ludwig Bechstein (1801 - 1860), "Rothkehlchens Begräbniß", appears in Neue Naturgeschichte der Stubenvögel. Ein Lehrgedicht von Bechstein dem Jüngern, in Naturgeschichte der einzelnen Arten der Stubenvögel, in 6. Singvögel
This text was added to the website: 2013-11-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 88