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by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877)

Die blaue Glockenblume
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Die blaue Glockenblume
Hast du begehrt von mir; --
O sag', was soll die arme,
Die schlichte Blüte dir?
 
Du hast sie nur begehret
Im Scherze, froh und leicht;
Daß meine Hand gezittert,
Als ich sie dir gereicht, --
 
Davon kein leises Ahnen
[In]1 deine Seele zieht;
Du hast sie [wohl]2 vergessen
Noch eh' sie ist verblüht.
 
Und ob viel süßes Hoffen
Vom Glöcklein mir gehallt,
Mein Hoffen und mein Träumen
Das ist vergangen bald.
 
[So mag]3 das Glöcklein tönen
Ein leises Grabgeläut,
Wenn ich hinunter senke
Die kurze Seligkeit!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

J. Lang sets stanzas 1-3, 5

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Confirmed with Mein Liederbuch. Gedichte von Ottilie Wildermuth, herausgegeben von ihrer Tochter Agnes Willms, Stuttgart: Verlag der Gebrüder Kröner, 1877, page 6.

Note provided by Sharon Krebs: Ottilie Wildermuth’s poems were not published until after her death. Josephine Lang knew her personally and obtained the poems directly from the poet. Therefore the changes noted in the footnotes might not be Lang’s, but rather earlier versions by Wildermuth herself.

1 Lang: "Durch"
2 Lang: "längst"
3 Lang: "Mag mir"

Text Authorship:

  • by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877), "Die Glockenblume", written 1839, appears in Mein Liederbuch, in Aus dem Frauenleben [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Glockenblume", op. 30 (2 Lieder) no. 1, published 1864, stanzas 1-3,5 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Verlag der Ebner’schen Kunst- und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The bluebell", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2006-11-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 91

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