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Rose, Meer und Sonne Sind ein Bild der Liebsten mein, Die mit ihrer Wonne Faßt mein ganzes Leben ein. Aller Glanz, ergossen, Aller Tau der Frühlingsflur Liegt vereint beschlossen In dem Kelch der Rose nur. Alle Farben ringen, [Alle Düft']1 im Lenzgefild', Um hervorzubringen Im Verein der Rose Bild. Rose, Meer und Sonne Sind ein Bild der Liebsten mein, Die mit ihrer Wonne Faßt mein ganzes Leben ein. Alle Ströme haben Ihren Lauf auf Erden bloß, Um sich zu begraben Sehnend in des Meeres Schoß. Alle Quellen fließen In den unerschöpften Grund, Einen Kreis zu schließen Um der Erde blüh'ndes Rund. Rose, Meer und Sonne Sind ein Bild der Liebsten mein, Die mit ihrer Wonne Faßt mein ganzes Leben ein. Alle Stern' in Lüften Sind ein Liebesblick der Nacht, In des Morgens Düften Sterbend, wann der Tag erwacht. Alle Weltenflammen, Der zerstreute Himmelsglanz, Fließen hell zusammen In der Sonne Strahlenkranz. Rose, Meer und Sonne Sind ein Bild der Liebsten mein, Die mit ihrer Wonne Faßt mein ganzes Leben ein.
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Authorship
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 9 [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 Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Rose, Meer und Sonne", 2008 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Rose, Meer und Sonne", op. 17 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1876 [ voice, cello, and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Rose, Meer und Sonne", op. 37 no. 9 (1841), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte aus Friedrich Rückerts Liebesfrühling [nos. 2,4,11 by Clara Schumann; the rest by Robert Schumann], no. 9, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Rozen, zee en zonlicht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Rose, ocean and sun", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Rose, mer et soleil", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Rose, ocean and sun are the image of my beloved, who with her rapture envelopes my entire life. All the splendour, gushing forth, all the dew of the spring meadow, lies hidden and united only in the chalice of the rose. All the colors strive, all the scents in the spring meadow, to bring forth as one the image of the rose. Rose, ocean and sun are the image of my beloved, who with her rapture envelopes my entire life. All the rivers have merely their course on earth, so that they can bury themselves longingly in the lap of the ocean. All the springs flow into the inexhaustible depths, to close a circle about the blossoming roundness of the earth. Rose, ocean and sun are the image of my beloved, who with her rapture envelopes my entire life. All the stars in the sky are glances of love in the night, dying in the scent of morning when the day awakens. All the flames of the world, the scattered splendour of the heavens, flow brightly together into a garland of sunbeams. Rose, ocean and sun are the image of my beloved, who with her rapture envelopes my entire life.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 9
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 200