Lilacs | Leave for me the blooming lilac bouquet

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by Irene Zoepf

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Flieder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Lass mir den blühenden Fliederstrauss
Im Zimmer steh’n über Nacht.
Dann will ich sacht das Fenster schliessen,
Dass seine Düfte nicht können hinaus.
Werden sie mir die Sinne umfliessen,
Mit Maienbangen sich in die Seele mir giessen,
Meinen Schlummer umfangen, lösen die Qual,
Vielleicht im Fliederduft kann ich träumen,
Ein letztes Mal meinen Frühling.

Text Authorship:

by Irene Zoepf [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 Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Flieder", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Blumenlieder, no. 4, New York: Schirmer; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lilacs", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-17
Line count: 9
Word count: 54

Lilacs

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Leave for me the blooming lilac bouquet
Standing in the room overnight.
Then I shall gently close the window
So that its scents cannot escape.
If they flow about my senses,
Pour themselves into my soul with May-time trepidation,
Encompass my slumber, alleviate the agony,
Perhaps in the lilac scent I can dream
My springtime one last time.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Irene Zoepf
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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 58