Die Linde
Language: German (Deutsch)
O Lindenbaum, welch schöner Traum
Ist dir beschert vor allen:
Du blühst, wenn längst jedwedem Baum
Die Blüten sind entfallen.
Wenn glühend brennt der Sonne Strahl,
Und schon die Früchte schwellen,
Da sendest du [hinab in's]1 Thal
[Weithin der Düfte]2 Wellen.
O [könnt' auch ich, wenn mir verweht
Der Jugendtraum im]3 Winde,
[Noch blühen fort im Leben spät]4
Wie du, süßduftge Linde!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• A. Häring View original text (without footnotes)
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 72.
1 Häring: "in's weite"
2 Häring: "Der Düfte reiche Wellen"
3 Häring: "könnt', wenn längst der Jugend Blust / verstoben in dem"
4 Häring: "Auch ich noch blühn zu aller Lust"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The linden tree", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-21
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The linden tree
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh linden tree, what a lovely dream
Has been granted to you before all others:
You bloom when from all other trees
The blossoms have long fallen.
When the sun's beams burn glowingly
And the fruits are already swelling,
Then you send [down into the]1 valley
[Far and wide the]2 waves of scent.
Oh, [could I, too, when the dream]3 of youth
Has [dissipated in the wind for me]4,
[Still blossom on late in life]5,
Like you, sweet-scented linden tree!
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1 Häring: "into the broad"
2 Häring: "The rich"
3 Häring: "could I, when the full bloom of youth"
4 Häring: "long dissipated in the wind"
5 Häring: "[Could] I, too, still bloom to everyone's joy"
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-11
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Word count: 87