Leaning against this lilac tree | Leaning against this lilac tree

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by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

An diesem Fliederbaume

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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.

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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

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

Leaning against this lilac tree

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Leaning against this lilac tree
We sat, I and you,
With glowing kisses you vowed
Eternal love to me.

You have broken faith,
You laughed scornfully at my love,--
Though the sun stood in the sky,
For me it was like dark night.

I felt as if I could die --
For I did not yet know
What our hearts can suffer
Until they break in death.

Now I stand alone once more
By the same lilac tree--
And my entire life
Was only an empty dream.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925), no title, appears in König Elfs Lieder, in 6. Sechster Teil. Heimkehr, no. 142
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 86