by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
Translation Singable translation by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883)
Rosenzeit! wie schnell vorbei
Language: German (Deutsch)
Rosenzeit! wie [schnell]1 vorbei,
Schnell vorbei
Bist du doch gegangen!
Wär' mein Lieb' nur blieben treu,
Blieben treu,
Sollte mir nicht bangen.
Um die Ernte wohlgemut,
Wohlgemut
Schnitterrinnen singen.
Aber, ach! mir [kranken]2 Blut,
[Mir kranken]2 Blut
[Will nichts]3 mehr gelingen.
Schleiche so durch's Wiesental,
So durch's Tal,
Als im Traum verloren,
Nach dem Berg, da tausendmal,
Tausendmal,
Er mir [Treu']4 geschworen.
Oben auf des Hügels Rand,
Abgewandt,
Wein' ich bei der Linde;
An dem Hut mein Rosenband,
Von seiner Hand,
Spielet in dem Winde.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 62.
Note: the text was written for the novel Maler Nolten, in which it had the title "Refrain-Liedchen". In the 1877 version of the text, stanza 2, line 5, word 2 was "krankem" instead of "kranken".
1 Wöbbe: "bald"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Jacques-Dalcroze: "Mit krankem"; Kahn, E. Kauffmann, and Wetzel: "Mir krankem"
3 Jacques-Dalcroze: "Will's nicht"
4 Jacques-Dalcroze: "Treue"
Text Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Agnes", written 1831, first published 1838 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Rosenzeit! wie schnell vorbei", op. 36 (Fünf Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Baryton) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1880 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Rosenzeit", op. 70 (24 Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Beglteitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gottfried Bohnnblust (1883 - 1960), "Agnes" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Agnes", op. 59 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5 (1873), published 1880 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Agnes", published 1959 [ voice and piano ], from Schöne Heimat, no. 17 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Agnes", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 3 no. 5 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Agnes", op. 81 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerrit Jan van Eijken (1832 - 1879), "Agnes" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Rosenzeit, wie schnell vorbei", op. 12 (Acht Gesänge) no. 4, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Rosenzeit!", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Gund (1865 - 1927), "Rosenzeit wie schnell vorbei", op. 10 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "Agnes", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1846 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Agnes", op. 46 (Sechs Gesänge für Alt) no. 2 (1850?), published 1853 [ alto and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Agnes ", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston, für mittlere Stimme ) no. 2, published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Jacques-Dalcroze (1865 - 1950), "Rosenzeit, wie schnell vorbei", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Agnes", op. 47 (Neun Lieder im Volkston) no. 6, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann (1803 - 1856), "Rosenzeit", 1832 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Eduard Kauffmann (1830 - 1868), "Agnes", c1850 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Kleinmichel (1846 - 1901), "Agnes", op. 31 no. 6, published 1892 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, no. 6, Hamburg und Leipzig: D. Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Ludwig (1852 - 1925), "Agnes", op. 9 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Reichenberg, Schöpfer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Agnes", op. 356 (Vier Lieder nach Eduard Mörike) no. 3 (2023) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Agnes", 1999 [ female voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Schmidt , "Agnes", published 1982 [ women's chorus or children's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Agnes", WoO. 20 (1905) [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo von Senger (1835 - 1892), "Agnes", op. 7 (Fünfunddreißig Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1868 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Agnes", 1980 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Entschwundenes Glück", VWV 1099 (1865) [ voice and piano ], also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Rosenzeit" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Agnes" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emma Wöbbe , "Volkslied", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from symphony Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Hamburg, Leichssenring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Agnes", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by William Paterson [an adaptation] ; composed by Karl Valentin.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Agnes", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Time of roses! How quickly past", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Agnès", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Agnese", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 90
Byloje schast'e
Language: Russian (Русский) after the German (Deutsch)
Schast'ja dni! kak skoro vy, Skoro vy Skrylis' i propali! Byl moj drug by veren mne, Veren mne, Ne znala b pechali! Po poljam tam vsjo vokrug, Vsjo vokrug Zhnicy raspevajut. U menja lish' u odnoj, U odnoj Slezy nabegajut! I brozhu ja, slovno ten', Slovno ten', Vse pod tem kholmochkom, Gde menja on stol'ko raz, Stol'ko raz Zval svoim druzhochkom! Tam stoju ja naklonjas', Naklonjas' K rechke tikhostrujnoj. Kosy, chto on tak laskal, Tak laskal, Treplet veter bujnyj!
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Agnes", written 1831, first published 1838
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Былое счастье", VWV 1099 (1865) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 79