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by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826)

,,Wo kommst du her, so bleich und blaß
Language: German (Deutsch) 
,,Wo kommst du her, so bleich und blaß,
Du armes liebes Kind?``
  Ich [komme]1 aus meinem Blumenland,
  Aus meiner Mutter Haus.
  Die Liebe hat mein Herz entwandt,
  Ich muß in die Welt hinaus.

,,Geh' wieder heim ins Blumenland.
Eh' noch das Herz dir bricht.
Denn, ach! auf diesem öden Strand
Wohnt treue Liebe nicht.``
 Der Himmel ist mein Blumenland,
 Das Grab meiner Mutter Haus,
 Da ist es so still, dort ist es so [licht]2,
 [Da welket]3 die Myrte der Liebe nicht.
 Drum geh' ich heim in's Blumenland!
 In meiner Mutter Haus!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Zumsteeg 

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Confirmed with August Mahlmann's sämmtliche Schriften: nebst Mahlmanns Biographie. Erster Band. Gedichte. I., Leipzig, Verlag von F. Volckmar, 1839, page 31.

1 Zumsteeg: "kam"
2 Zumsteeg: "leicht"
3 Zumsteeg: "Dort welkt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826), "Heimath" [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 Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda (1801 - 1866), "Lied" [ voice and piano ], from 11 Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Lied", published 1802, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft IV, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 91

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