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Was weinst du, Blümlein, Im Morgenschein? Das Blümlein lachte --: Was fällt dir ein! Ich bin ja fröhlich, Ich weine nicht, -- Die Freudenthräne Durch's Aug' mir bricht! -- Ich frug das Bächlein: Was rinnst du dahin Wie ein Thränenstrom Durch's Wiesengrün? Da klang es heraus Aus der Wellenbrust: Mein Strömen ist Freude, Ist Brausen der Lust! -- Du Morgenhimmel! Bist blutig roth, Als [läg']1 deine Sonne Im Meere todt? Da lacht der Himmel Und ruft mich an: Ich streue ja Rosen Auf ihre Bahn! -- Und strahlend flammte Die [Sonne]2 hervor, Die Blumen blühten Freudig empor. Des Baches Wellen Jauchzten auf, Und die Sonne lachte [Flammend drauf!]3
C. Schumann sets stanzas 1-2, 5-8
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hermann Rollett, Jucunde, Leipzig: Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1853, pages 18-20. In this edition it has no title; a later edition titled Ausgewählte Gedichte adds the title "Stille Freude".
1 Schumann: "läge"2 Schumann: "Sonn'"
3 Schumann: "Freundlich darauf"
Authorship
- by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), "Stille Freude" [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 Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Stille Liebe", op. 12 no. 8, published 1869 [voice and piano], from Lenz und Liebe. Eine Liederreihe, no. 8, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819 - 1896), "Was weinst du, Blümlein", op. 23 no. 1, published 1856, stanzas 1-2,5-8 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "Why weep, dear blossom, in the morning sun?", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pourquoi pleures-tu, petite fleur", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Pourquoi pleures-tu, petite fleur, dans la lumière du matin ? La petite fleur rit : « Quelle idée ! Mais je suis joyeuse, je ne pleure pas -- Des larmes de joie remplissent mes yeux. » Ciel du matin, tu es rouge comme le sang, Comme si ton soleil gisait mort dans la mer. Le ciel rit et me répondit : « Mais je répands des roses sur son chemin ! » Et le soleil lançait des rayons enflammés, Les fleurs fleurissaient joyeusement. Les vagues des ruisseaux poussaient des cris de joie, Et le soleil souriait chaleureusement.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), "Stille Freude"
This text was added to the website: 2015-01-30
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