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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Meine Freude war die Rose
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Meine Freude war die Rose,
Aber ach! sie blüht nicht mehr:
Meine Hoffnung ist verschwunden,
Meine Welt ist freudenleer.

Für die Freuden fand ich Schmerzen,
Leiden fand ich für das Glück.
Meine Rose schwand und ließ mir
Nichts als Dornen [nur]1 zurück.

Rosen bringt der Frühling wieder,
Aber meine Rose nie.
Blüht, ihr Mädchen, wie die Rosen!
Niemals blühet ihr, wie sie.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Hegar 

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1 Hegar: "mehr"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Meine Freude war die Rose", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben [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 Friedrich Hegar (1841 - 1927), "Meine Freude war die Rose", op. 7 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1874 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by M. Lederer , "Meine Freude war die Rose", published 1876 [ low voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Gutmann  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Radecke (1829 - 1893), "Meine Freude war die Rose", op. 11 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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