Liebe säuseln die Blätter
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG
 ... 

Seine Tochter, die Liebe,
Baut dem Vogel die Nester,
Paaret Blumen und Blüten,
Führt dem Manne die Männin zu.

This is Hölty's poem in its version posthumously printed in the editions edited by Voß. Hölty's original version differs in several verses (see below).

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Liebe säuseln die Blätter", D 988, stanza 5 [ vocal trio ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-06-08
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