Der Blumenkranz | An Celia's Baum in stiller Nacht

by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)

Translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)

By Celia's arbour all the night

Language: English

By Celia's arbour all the night
    Hang, humid wreath, the lover's vow;
And haply, at the morning light,
    My love shall twine thee round her brow.

Then, if upon her bosom bright
    Some drops of dew shall fall from thee,
Tell her, they are not drops of night,
    But tears of sorrow shed by me!

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Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Including his Melodies, Ballads, Etc., Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1829, page 214, from a footnote citing first some lines by Angerianus.

Text Authorship:

by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876) DUT ENG ; composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

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Der Blumenkranz

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG LIT

An Celia's Baum in stiller Nacht
Hängt Blumen, treuer Liebe Pfand!
Vielleicht, wenn neu der Morgen lacht,
Flicht euch zum Kranz der Liebsten Hand.

Und fällt auf ihres Busens Pracht
Ein Tröpfchen Tau aus eurem Schoß,
Dann sagt, es sei kein Tau der Nacht,
Nur Tränen, die ihr Freund vergoß.

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), no title
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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 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Der Blumenkranz", Nachlass [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 50