by Gerhard Anton Hermann Gramberg (1772 - 1816)
Umsonst
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): DUT
Umsonst ensagt' ich der lockenden Liebe: Kehret nicht, sprach ich, O kehret mir nicht, Ihr Rosen im Herzen! Der Winter entflieht; es kehren die Blumen, es kehret der Frühling, -- die Liebe mit ihm.
Confirmed with Gerhard Anton Hermann Gramberg, Kränze; Gedichte, Zweiter Theil, Oldenburg; in den Schulze'schen Buchhandlung, 1817, page 131.
Authorship:
- by Gerhard Anton Hermann Gramberg (1772 - 1816), "Umsonst" [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 Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826), "Umsonst", op. 71 no. 4, J. 27 (1802), Berlin: Schlesinger [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vergeefs", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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