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Nachts zu unbekannter Stunde Flieht der liebe Lenz die Flur, Küßt, was blüht, still in der Runde Und verschwindet sonder Spur. Rings von seinen Küssen prangen Früh die Blumen hold verschämt, Daß an ihrem Mund zu hangen, Schmetterling sich nicht bezähmt. Doch die Leute draußen sagen, Daß der Lenz vorüber sei; Und an wetterheißen Tagen Kennt man Sommers Tyrannei. Und wir denken dran beklommen, Daß der Lenz so heimlich floh; Daß er Abschied nicht genommen, Ach! das läßt uns nimmer froh. Also schmerzt es, geht das erste Lieb ohn' Abschied von uns fort. Ruhig trügen wir das Schwerste, Spräch' sie aus das Scheidewort.
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Authorship:
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun [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 Julius Eduard Meyer (1822 - 1899), "Heimliches Verschwinden", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl, Graf Nostitz , "Ohne Abschied", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 8, Prag, Hoffmann's Wwe. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Heimliches Verschwinden", op. 89 no. 2 (1850), published 1850 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge von Wilfried von der Neun, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Disparition secrète", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 103
By night at an unknown hour Springtime flees the meadow, Quietly kisses everything that blooms all around And disappears without a trace. Early [in the morning], the flowers Flaunt the kisses [of spring] in demure loveliness, So that the butterfly cannot restrain itself From hanging on [the flowers'] lips. But people say That spring is over; And that in the days of hot weather One recognizes summer's tyranny. And, oppressed, we remember That spring fled so secretively, That [spring] did not take farewell. Ah! Knowing this, we can never be happy. In the same way it pains us when our first love Deserts us without taking leave. We could quietly bear the worst If she only pronounced a word of farewell.
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Translation of title "Heimliches Verschwinden" = "Secret vanishing"Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 121