Einst war [es hier]1 Frühling
Und sonniger Mai,
[Es]2 blühte der Flieder
Und Rosen dabei.

Mein Herz war voll Hoffen,
Es lachte und sang,
Nun ist es so [traurig]3,
Nun schlägt es so bang.

Es fielen die Blätter,
Entlaubt ist der Wald,
Verblüht ist der Flieder,
Mein Lied verhallt!

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¹ Würz: "es"
² Würz: "Da"
³ Würz: "stille"

Text Authorship:

• by F. van der Hœven  [author's text not yet checked 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 Max J. L. Gus , "Flieder", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung (Heft 2), no. 5, Wiesbaden, Schellenberg [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Würz (1885 - 1965), "Flieder", 1919, published 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder, no. 8, München: Otto Halbreiter [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lilac", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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