You gave me the red rose

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Maryanna Morthensen

Du gav mig den røde rose

Language: Danish (Dansk) after the German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG

Du gav mig den røde rose, 
som hvilte ved dit bryst;
ak, hvorfor måtte den nyde
kun så kort den salige lyst?

Du gav mig også dit hjerte,
men ak! du tog det igen,
jeg og den røde rose 
vi visne nu begge hen.

Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 24

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Du gav mig den røde rose", published 1857, from En Sangkreds : 6 Sange, no. 2. [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Maryanna Morthensen) , title 1: "You gave me the red rose", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Maryanna Morthensen

This text was added to the website: 2014-03-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

You gave me the red rose

Language: English after the Danish (Dansk)

You gave me the red rose
that rested at your chest
Alas, why was it allowed to enjoy
only so briefly the blissful delight?

You also gave me your heart,
but alas! you took it back,
I - and the red rose -
we now both wither away.

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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 24

This text was added to the website: 2014-03-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 48