You flower in the dew

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by Marie von Borch (1853 - 1895)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Du Blume im Tau!

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: ENG

Du Blume im Tau!
Du Blume im Tau!
Sag flüsternd mir deine Träume.
Durchweht sie auch dieselbe Luft,
Derselbe seltsame Elfenreichduft,
Wie meine?
Und flüstern und seufzen und klagen sie nicht
In flüchtigem Duft, in schwindendem Licht,
In zitterndem Klang, in süßem Sang:
In Sehnsucht,
In Sehnsucht ich lebe!

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Text Authorship:

by Marie von Borch (1853 - 1895), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Mogens, first published 1872
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Robert Fischhof (1856 - 1918), "Du Blume im Thau", published 1892 [voice and piano], Wien, Doblinger [ sung text not verified ]
by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Du Blume im Tau", op. 70c no. 1 (1999), published 2002 [tenor or baritone and piano], München (Munich), Verlag vierdreiunddreissig [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-27
Line count: 11
Word count: 49

You flower in the dew

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You flower in the dew,
You flower in the dew!
Whisper to me of the dream, your [dream].
Does the same air waft through it,
The same strange air of elf-land
As [wafts] through mine?
And is there not within it a whispering, sighing and lamenting
From dying scent, from slumbering light,
From awakening sound and from blossoming song:
In yearning,
In yearning I live.

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Translations of title(s):
"Du Blume im Thau" = "You flower in the dew"
"Du Blume im Tau" = "You flower in the dew"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Marie von Borch (1853 - 1895), no title
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Mogens, first published 1872
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2018-03-22
Line count: 11
Word count: 65