Sadly a faded violet lies

Translation Singable translation by Louisa Loring Dresel (1864 - 1958)

Des Veilchens Grab

Language: German (Deutsch)

Lag ein geknicktes Veilchen
Auf einem harten Stein.
"Ach, Veilchen, armes Veilchen,
Sollst weicher begraben sein."

Sie nimmt das tote Veilchen,
Steckt's in den Busen tief,
Wo tiefer als das Veilchen
Geknickte Liebe schlief.

Text Authorship:

by (Joseph) Albert Knoll (1796 - 1863), from Gedichte eines Oesterreichers, first published 1845 [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 Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Des Veilchens Grab", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 (1846), published 1846 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Louisa Loring Dresel)

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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Sadly a faded violet lies

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Sadly a faded violet lies 
on the earth's cold breast.
"Ah violet, hapless violet,
come thou to a softer rest."

She takes the lifeless violet
into her bosom deep,
where deeper than the violet,
her broken heart must sleep.

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Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Louisa Loring Dresel (1864 - 1958) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by (Joseph) Albert Knoll (1796 - 1863), from Gedichte eines Oesterreichers, first published 1845
- Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 39