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by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925)

An diesem Fliederbaume
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
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An diesem Fliederbaume,
Da saßen wir, ich und du,
Da schwurst du mit glühenden Küssen
Mir ewige Liebe zu.

Du hast die Treue gebrochen,
Du hast meine Liebe verlacht,--
Stand auch die Sonn' am Himmel,
Mir war's wie finstre Nacht.

Mir war es wie zum Sterben--
Ich wußte ja noch nicht,
Was unser Herz erduldet,
Bis es im Tode bricht.

Nun steh ich einsam wieder
Am selben Fliederbaum--
Und all mein ganzes Leben
War nur ein leerer Traum.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Moeller 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925), no title, appears in König Elfs Lieder, in 6. Sechster Teil. Heimkehr, no. 142 [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 John Moeller , "An diesem Fliederbaume", op. 18 no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Marburg: Chr. Lorch [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Neugebauer , "An diesem Fliederbaume", op. 56 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Bial & Freund [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Leaning against this lilac tree", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

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