Bloemenlied (Hölty, set by (Gustav Blasser, Franz Peter Schubert)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Blumenlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE

Es ist ein halbes Himmelreich,
Wenn, Paradiesesblumen gleich,
Aus Klee die Blumen dringen;
Und wenn die Vögel silberhell
Im Garten hier, und dort am Quell,
Auf Blütenbäumen singen.

Doch holder blüht ein edles Weib,
Von Seele gut, und schön von Leib,
In frischer Jugendblüte.
Wir lassen alle Blumen stehn,
Das liebe Weibchen anzusehn,
Und freun uns ihrer Güte.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Carlsruhe, bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1784, page 152.

First published in this version edited by Voß. Hölty's original version, with the title Minnelied, is slightly different; see below.

Authorship

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Blumenlied", written 1773 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gustav Blasser , "Blumenlied", op. 20 (Hölty-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Kratochwill [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Blumenlied", D 431 (1816), published 1887 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert Lucas Pearsall.

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Word count: 58

Bloemenlied

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Het is bijna een hemelrijk,
Als, aan het paradijs gelijk,
Uit klaver bloemen springen;
En als de vogels zilverklaar,
In tuintjes hier, bij 'n bronwel daar,
In bloesembomen zingen.

Maar rijker bloeit een eed'le vrouw
Die ik als goed en mooi beschouw,
Tijdens haar frisse bloeitijd.
Wij laten alle bloemen staan
Om 't lieve meisje na te gaan,
Genietend van haar goedheid.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Blumenlied", written 1773

This text was added to the website: 2006-03-29
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Word count: 62