Penche-toi vers moi, beau bourgeon

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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Neig' schöne Knospe, dich zu mir

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili)

Our translations: FRE

Neig' [schöne]¹ Knospe, dich zu mir,
Und was ich bitte das tu' mir!
Ich will dich [pflegen und]² halten;
[Du sollst bei mir erwarmen
Und sollst in meinen Armen
Zur]³ Blume dich entfalten.

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• M. Hauptmann • R. Quilter

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¹ Quilter: "schön' "
² M. Hauptmann: "pflegen, will dich"
³ M. Hauptmann: "Bei mir sollst du erwarmen, in meinen Armen;/ Bei mir sollst du zur"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Hafisa, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Günther Bartel (1833 - 1866), "Neige, schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder für eine Alt- oder Barytonstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 5, published 1873 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Bix , "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Triest, Dase [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl Friedrich) Gustav Brah-Müller (1839 - 1878), "Neig' schöne Knospe", op. 10 (5 Lieder des Mirza Schaffy) no. 2, published 1868 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 9 no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Hafisa - Drei Lieder des Mirza Schaffy, no. 2, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Deprosse (1838 - 1878), "An Hafisa", op. 31 (Vier Lieder aus "Mirza Schaffy") no. 4, published 1870 [ bass or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Johannes Doebber (1866 - 1921), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
by Otto Dorn (1848 - 1931), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Album. Acht Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Neig', schöne Knospe", op. 20, Heft 1 no. 10, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Amata. Ein Cyklus von 30 Liedern für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, no. 10, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Oskar Eichberg (1845 - 1898), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 10 no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Hafisa. Ein Liedercyklus aus Bodenstedt's Mirza-Schaffy , no. 1, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838 - 1928), "Neig' schöne Knospe", op. 14 (Vier Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Grünberger (1839 - 1896), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 12 no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Hamburg, Berens [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Neig' schöne Knospe", op. 26 (Vier Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1891 [ mixed chorus ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir ", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Aus "Mirza Schaffy"" [ vocal quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 26 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
by (Heinrich Gustav) Emil Hillmann (1845 - 1902), "Neig' schöne Knospe", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 13 (Mirza-Schaffy-Lieder. 13 Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy ) no. 10, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Basel, Schwabe [sung text not yet checked]
by Salomon Jadassohn (1831 - 1902), "Neig' schöne Knospe", op. 34 (Sechs zweistimmige Gesänge) no. 1, published 1866 [ ST chorus (or vocal duet for soprano and tenor) with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Georg Kaiser , "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Katzenberger , "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 10 ([Vier] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Bitte", op. 39 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 5 (Acht Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl R. von Lambort , "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Wien, Rättig [sung text not yet checked]
by Leopoldo Langwara (1831 - 1894), "Neig', schöne Knospe", op. 8 (Drei Gesänge aus Mirza Schaffy von Bodenstedt für Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1 [ tenor and piano ], Hamburg: Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
by Otto Lohse (1858 - 1925), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", published 1910, from Aus Mirza Schaffys Liederbuche [sung text not yet checked]
by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Neig' schöne Knospe", op. 15 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Munzinger (1842 - 1911), "Hafisa", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Nawratil (1836 - 1914), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
by Henri Wilhelm Petri (1856 - 1914), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir ", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Pfitzner (1858 - ?), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by George Posca , "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text checked 1 time]
by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 2 no. 1, published 1903, rev. 1911, from Four songs of Mirza Schaffy, no. 1, Elkin, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Julius Richter (1810 - 1873), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Roth , "Lied", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Die Lieder des Mirza Schaffy. Operette. , no. 4, Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 34 no. 8 (1854), from Zwölf Lieder von Mirza-Schaffy, no. 8, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adele Sachsse (1854 - 1909), "Hafisa", published 1880 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 67 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme und Pianoforte) no. 11, published 1888 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
by Reinhold Stöckhardt (1831 - 1901), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Neig, schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 4 (Vier Gesänge aus den Liedern des Mirza-Schaffy, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis (or Ludwig) Wallbach (1832 - 1914), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", op. 43 (Vier Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Carl Weigmann (1869 - 1939), "Neig', schöne Knospe, dich zu mir", published 1900 [ tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Moritz Weyermann (1832 - 1888), "Neig schöne Knospe dich zu mir", op. 27 (Vier Gesänge für Mezzo-Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Wüllner (1832 - 1902), "Neig', schöne Knospe! dich zu mir", op. 8 (6 Gesänge aus den Liedern des Mirza Schaffy v. Fr. Bodenstedt) no. 2, published 1859 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Walter Creighton , "Lean, opening blossom, down towards me" ; composed by Roger Quilter.
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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) , "Bend, opening blossom"
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 36

Penche‑toi vers moi, beau bourgeon

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Penche-toi vers moi, beau bourgeon,
Et ce que je demande fais-le pour moi !
Je prendrai soin de toi et je t'élèverai.
Près de moi tu te réchaufferas
Et dans mes bras
Tu te déploieras en fleur.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Hafisa, no. 4
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Based on:

a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-15
Line count: 6
Word count: 36