The garland | By Celia's arbour in the still of night

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by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

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]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La garlanda de flors", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "De bloemenkrans", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The garland", copyright © 2003
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Gėlių vainikas", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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

The garland

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

By Celia's arbour in the still of night,
hang the flowers, the pledge of true love!
Perhaps when the morning laughs again
my darling's hand will weave them into a garland.
 
And if upon the splendour of her bosom there falls
a drop of dew from your lap,
then say that it is not the dew of the night
but only tears that her friend forgot there.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2003 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), no title
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2003-08-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 67