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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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"

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 against a primary source]
• by Ed. 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• by Ingeborg (Starck) 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• by Otto Lohse (1858 - 1925), "Neig' schöne Knospe dich zu mir", published 1910, from Aus Mirza Schaffys Liederbuche [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]
• by Moritz Weyermann (flourished 1872), "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 against a primary source]
• 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 against a primary source]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Walter Creighton , "Lean, opening blossom, down towards me" FRE GER RUS ; composed by Roger Quilter.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) ENG ENG FRE GER ; 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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Text added to the website: 2003-11-13 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:59
Line count: 6
Word count: 33

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.