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Flutenreicher Ebro, Blühendes [Ufer]1, All ihr grünen Matten, Schatten des Waldes, Fraget die Geliebte, Die unter euch ruhet, Ob in ihrem Glücke Sie meiner gedenket! Und ihr thauigen Perlen, Die ihr im Frühroth Den grünenden Rasen Bunt mit Farben [sticket]1, Fraget die Geliebte, Wenn sie Kühlung athmet, Ob in ihrem Glücke Sie meiner gedenket! Ihr laubigen Pappeln, Schimmerde Pfade, Wo leichten Fußes Mein Mädchen wandelt, Wenn sie euch begegnet, Fraget sie, fragt sie, Ob in ihrem Glücke Sie meiner gedenket! Ihr schwärmenden Vögel, Die den Sonnenaufgang Singend ihr begrüßet Mit Flötenstimmen, Fraget die Geliebte, Dieses Ufers Blume, Ob in ihrem Glücke Sie meiner gedenket!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Levinsohn: "Thal", more changes may exist, not noted
2 Schumann: "schmückt"
Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 35 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Ebro caudaloso"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Albert Levinsohn (d. c1907), "Fluthenreicher Ebro, blühendes Thal", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Romanze", op. posth. 138 no. 5 (1849), published 1857 [ baritone and piano duet ], from Spanische Liebeslieder, no. 5, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Flutenreicher Ebro, blühendes Ufer", op. 14 no. 7, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Spanisches Liederbuch für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 7, Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Romance 'Golvenrijke Ebro'", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ebre, aux flots puissants", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 104
Flooding Ebro River, flowery banks, all you green meadows, shadows of the forest, ask my beloved, who is resting among you, whether in her happy state she thinks of me! And you pearls of dew, you who, under the red morning sky, dot the green lawns with bright spots of color, ask my beloved, when she breathes in coolness, whether in her happy state she thinks of me! You leafy poplars, shimmering paths where with a light step my maiden wanders, when she comes to you, ask her, ask her whether in her happy state she thinks of me! You birds in flocks, you who greet the sunrise by singing with flute-like voices, ask my beloved, the flower of this riverbank, whether in her happy state she thinks of me!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by John Glenn Paton, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 35
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Ebro caudaloso"
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-20
Line count: 32
Word count: 130