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Mohnblumen sind die runden, rotblutigen gesunden, die sommersproßgebraunten, die immer froh gelaunten, kreuzbraven, kreuzfidelen, tanznimmermüden Seelen; die unter'm Lachen weinen und nur geboren scheinen, die Kornblumen zu necken, und dennoch oft verstecken die weichsten, besten Herzen, im Schlinggewächs von Scherzen; die man, weiß Gott, mit Küssen ersticken würde müssen, wär' man nicht immer bange, umarmest du die Range, sie springt ein voller Brander aufflammend auseinander.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Mohnblumen", op. 22 no. 2 (1888), published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenblumen, no. 2, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Roselles", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Klaprozen", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Poppies", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Heide Wiesner) , "Coquelicots", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Coquelicots", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "ケシの花", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 65
They are poppies, those round, red-blooming, healthy ones that bloom and bake in the summer and are always in a cheery mood, good and happy as a king, their souls never tired of dancing; they weep beneath their smiles and seem born only to tease the cornflowers; yet nevertheless, the softest, best hearts often hide among the climbing ivy of jests; God knows one would wish to suffocate them with kisses were one not so afraid that, embracing the hoyden, she would spring up into a full blaze and go up in flames.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 94