We are two roses (Morgenstern, set by (Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun, Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wir sind zwei Rosen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Wir sind zwei Rosen,
darüber der Sturm fuhr
und sie abriß.

Gemeinsam
wirbeln sie nun
den Weg entlang,
und ihre Blätter wehn
durcheinander.

Heimatlose,
tanzen und fliehn sie,
nur für einander
duftend und leuchtend,
den Weg der Liebe -:

Bis sie am Abend
der große Feger
lächelnd
auf seine Schaufel nimmt.

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Authorship

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Ich und die Welt, in Schicksale der Liebe, no. 2 [author's text not yet checked 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 Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Wir sind zwei Rosen, darüber der Sturm fuhr", op. 51 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4. [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Schicksal der Liebe", op. 60 no. 5 (1928), from Lieder der Liebe I, no. 5. [ sung text not verified ]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2016
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 17
Word count: 51

We are two roses

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

We are two roses 
Driven and torn apart 
By the storm.

Together
They now whirl
Along their way,
And their petals wave 
Agitatedly.

Homeless,
They dance and flee
For each other alone,
Scented and shining 
Along the path of love -: 

Until in the evening 
The great Sweeper, 
Smiling, 
Takes them into his dustpan.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translation of title "Schicksal der Liebe" = "Love's fate"

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Emily Ezust
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Ich und die Welt, in Schicksale der Liebe, no. 2

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-25
Line count: 17
Word count: 54