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Hier ob dem Eingang seid befestiget, Ihr Kränze, so beregnet und benetzt Von meines Auges schmerzlichem Erguß! Denn reich zu thränen pflegt das Aug' der Liebe. Dies zarte Naß, ich bitte, Nicht allzu frühe träufet es herab. Spart es, bis ihr vernehmet, daß sie sich Der Schwelle naht mit ihrem Grazienschritte, Die Theuere, die mir so ungelind! Mit einem Male dann hernieder sei es Auf ihres Hauptes goldne Pracht ergossen, Und sie empfinde, daß es Thränen sind; Daß es die Thränen sind, die meinem Aug' In dieser kummervollen Nacht entflossen.
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Confirmed with Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch von G. Fr. Daumer, Frankfurt am Main, Literarische Anstalt, 1855, p. 64.
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Die Kränze", op. 46 (Vier Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1 (1864), published 1868, first performed 1873 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les garlandes", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De kransen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The wreaths", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (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: 14
Word count: 90
Here above the entrance be fastened, You wreaths, so moistened and bedewed By the painful outpouring of my eyes! For the eyes of love tend to weep abundantly. This tender moisture - I beg you Not to shake it off too soon. Cherish it until you hear that she Is approaching the threshhold with her graceful step, My dear one who is so unkind to me. Then let it all at once be poured down Onto the golden splendor of her head. And she will realize that they are tears; That they are the tears that my eyes Have shed in this grief-filled night.
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 Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, first published 1855
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 103