When the first violets bloom | When the first violets bloom

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by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wenn die ersten Veilchen blühn

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wenn die ersten Veilchen blühn
Ist die Rosenzeit nicht fern.
Mädchenwangen rosig glühn,
Trifft sie ein geliebter Stern.
 
Scheitert an der Blicke Klippen
Nicht der Mund zu bittrem Leid,
Von den Augen zu den Lippen
Ist es dann nicht allzuweit.

Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Liederbuch, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1852, page 60

Text Authorship:

by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896) [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 Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Wenn die ersten Veilchen blühn", 1866 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix Elb , "Wenn die ersten Veilchen blüh'n", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hofmann [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When the first violets bloom", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-13
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Word count: 40

When the first violets bloom

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When the first violets bloom
The time of roses is not far.
Girls’ cheeks glow rosily
When they are struck by a beloved star.

When upon the crags of glances
The mouth does not run aground to bitter sorrow,
From the eyes to the lips
It is then not all too far.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 52