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Du zähltest wohl die Regentropfen Und alle Blätter im Grödner Thal, Eh' daß Du meines Herzens Klopfen Verstündest und der Sehnsucht Qual. Umsonst such' ich in Deinen Blicken Durch Deiner langen Wimpern Nicken Nach einer Hoffnung Sonnenstrahl. Und wenn ich Deiner nur gedenke, Wie wird es mir im Busen heiß! Doch still aus dieses Thales Senke Brech' ich mir bald das letzte Reis. Fahr wohl! und daß Dich Gott behüte In Deiner sternenkeuschen Blüthe, Du felsumgürtet Edelweiß!
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- by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), no title, appears in Tannhäuser: ein Minnesang, first published 1887 [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 Hans von Saurma-Jeltsch , "Du zähltest wohl die Regentropfen", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder aus Wolff's Tannhäuser, Wilder Jäger und Rattenfänger für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Du zähltest wohl die Regentropfen", op. 5 no. 8 (1883), published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus Julius Wolff's Minnesang: Tannhäuser, no. 8, Braunschweig, H. Litolff [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: 14
Word count: 77
Surely you would [have to] count the raindrops And all the leaves in the Grödner Valley, Before you [could] understand the beating of my heart And the agony of longing. In vain I seek in your glances, Through the nodding of your long lashes, For a sunbeam of hope. And if I only think of you, How it burns within my breast! But quietly from the declivity of this valley I shall soon break off the last twig. Farewell! And may God protect you In the star-like purity of your bloom, You edelweiss encircled by rocky crags.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), no title, appears in Tannhäuser: ein Minnesang, first published 1887
This text was added to the website: 2014-09-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 97