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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  AFR CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA
Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter,
weil ich gar so trübe bin.
Sie hat recht, die Rose sinket,
so wie ich, entblättert hin.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

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), "Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter", op. 65 no. 6 (1875), published 1875 [ vocal quartet and piano four-hands or instrumental ensemble ], from Neue Liebeslieder, no. 6, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Mother gave me roses", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mia madre per me ha colto le rose", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Mimi Ezust

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 23

Mother gave me roses
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 Mother gave me roses
 because I am so troubled.
 She is right: roses droop
 just as I do, wilting away.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

    For any other purpose, please write to the e-mail address below to request permission and discuss possible fees.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

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