That the East Wind blows scents | That the East Wind blows scents

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Daß der Ostwind Düfte

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Daß der Ostwind Düfte
Hauchet in die Lüfte,
Dadurch thut er kund,
Daß du hier gewesen.

[Weil]¹ hier Thränen rinnen,
Dadurch wirst du innen,
Wär's dir sonst nicht kund,
Daß ich hier gewesen.

Schönheit oder Liebe,
Ob versteckt sie bliebe?
Düfte thun es und
Thränen kund,
Daß sie hier gewesen.

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• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Oestliche Rosen von Friedrich Rückert. Drei Lesen., Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1822, page 368.

¹ Schubert: "Daß"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Östliche Rosen, in 3. Dritte Lese, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, first published 1822 [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 Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Sie und ich", 1835 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Daß sie hier gewesen", op. 59 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, D 775 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Natalie Macfarren) , "That thou here hast wandered"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 50

That the East Wind blows scents

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 That the East Wind blows scents
 gently in the air
 makes it known to me
 that you were here.

 That tears run here
 will make it known to you,
 if you don't know it yet,
 that I was here.

 Beauty or Love,
 whether or not they remain hidden,
 make it known by scents and tears
 that they were here.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Östliche Rosen, in 3. Dritte Lese, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, first published 1822
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59