Fleurs de mai | Supportez-le en silence, quand des branches

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by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Maienblüten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Duld' es still, wenn von den Zweigen
[Von den überfüllten Zweigen]¹,
Blüten weh'n ins fromme Haar,
Und sich sacht [herüberneigen]², 
[So im Durst herüberneigen,]³
[Lippen sich]⁴ auf Lippenpaar.

Sieh, ein [Beben]⁵ süß und wunderlich
Rinnt durch übersonnte Blätterreihen.
Alle Blüten, die sie niederstreuen,
[Segen streuen]⁶ sie auf dich und mich.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Marx • M. Reger

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Confirmed with Ludwig Jacobowski, Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte 1896-1898, Minden in Westf.: J.C.C. Bruns' Verlag, 1900, page 30.

¹ omitted by Marx
² Marx, Reger: "herniederneigen"
³ omitted by Marx and Reger.
⁴ Marx, Reger: "Lippenpaar"
⁵ Marx, Reger: "Leben"
⁶ Marx, Reger: "Frühling breiten"

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Maienblüten", appears in Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte, in Komtesse, first published 1900 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Maienblüten", 1909, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.16, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Maienblüten", op. 66 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 5 (1902) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in English, a translation by Addie Funk ; composed by Joseph Marx.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 50

Fleurs de mai

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

Supportez-le en silence, quand des branches,
Des branches surchargées,
Des fleurs flottent en une chevelure douce,
Et doucement se penchent
Ainsi assoiffées
Des lèvres vers une paire de lèvres.

Voyez, un tremblement, doux et merveilleux,
Traverse les rangées de feuilles parsemées de soleil.
Toutes les fleurs qu'ils laissent tomber
Dispersent des bénédictions sur toi et moi.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Maienblüten", appears in Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte, in Komtesse, first published 1900
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 56