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Eine Rose gepflückt! sie duftete ja So süß und hold mir entgegen; Als ich die blühende Rose sah, Mußt' ich ans Herz mir sie legen. Ist das denn Sünde? Einen Kuß mir geraubt! der schwellende Mund, Er lächelte Freuden und Liebe, Als thät' er des Lebens Weisheit kund, Da ward ich an ihm zum Diebe. Ist das denn Sünde?
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Authorship
- by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), "Frage", appears in Singuf: Rattenfängerlieder, first published 1881 [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 Alexander Julius Paul Dorn (1833 - 1901), "Frage ", op. 120 no. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder aus "Singuf" von Julius Wolff, no. 3, Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Gotthelf (1857 - 1930), "Frage", op. 5 (Zwei Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Heuser (1863 - 1942), "Ist das denn Sünde? ", op. 31 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Schauseil (1843 - 1892), "Frage", op. 23 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Frage ", op. 4 no. 12 (1882/83), published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Hunold Singuf. Rattenfängerlieder nach Julius Wolff's Dichtungen, no. 12, Braunschweig, H. Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Eine Rose gepflückt", op. 16 no. 7, published 1886 [ baritone and piano ], from Zehn Rattenfängerlieder aus Julius Wolff's "Singuf", no. 7, Hamburg, Niemeyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Frage", op. 16 no. 2, published 1882 [ baritone and piano ], from Hunold Singuf. Acht neue Rattenfängerlieder von Julius Wolff, no. 2, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-24
Line count: 10
Word count: 59
A rose picked! it wafted its scent So sweetly and beautifully towards me; When I saw the blooming rose, I had to press it to my heart. Is that a sin? A stolen kiss! the swelling lips Smiled, betokening joys and love, As if they proclaimed life's wisdom; Thus I became a thief [of kisses]. Is that a sin?
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Translated titles:"Frage" = "Question"
"Ist das denn Sünde?" = "Can that be sin?"
"Eine Rose gepflückt" = "A rose picked"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), "Frage", appears in Singuf: Rattenfängerlieder, first published 1881
This text was added to the website: 2014-05-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 59