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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
Die Mutter mahnt mich abends
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Die Mutter mahnt mich [abends]1:
"Trag Sorg zur Ampel, Kind!
Jüngst träumte mir von Feuer -
Auch weht ein wilder Wind."
Das Flämmchen auf der Ampel,
Ich lösch es mit Bedacht,
Das Licht in meinem Herzen
Brennt durch die ganze Nacht.
Die Mutter ruft mich morgens:
"Kind, hebe dich! 's ist Tag!"
Sie pocht an meiner Türe
Dreimal mit starkem Schlag
Und meint, sie habe grausam
Mich aus dem Schlaf geschreckt -
Das Licht in meinem Herzen
Hat längst mich aufgeweckt.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Heymann-Rheineck: "des Abends"; further changes may exist not shown above.
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 Selmar Bagge (1823 - 1896), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 20 (Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1888 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 4 no. 1, published 1892 [ soprano, piano ], from Mädchenlieder, no. 1, published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 39 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Bohm (1844 - 1920), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 326 (Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 42, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 68 (Drei Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1899 [ medium voice, piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Gast (1854 - 1918), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1896 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Gund (1865 - 1927), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 29 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Hallwachs (1870 - 1959), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 19 (Zehn Gedichts von C.F. Meyer für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 12 (Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 72 no. 7 [ four soli, mixed chorus, and piano four-hands ], from Lenz und Liebeslieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Jelmoli (1877 - 1936), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Kradolfer , "Liebesflämmchen", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 9 (Lieder und Duette mit Begleitung des Klaviers) no. 1, published 1903, first performed 1903 [ voice and piano ], München: Dr. Heinrich Lewy ; Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Die Mutter mahnt mich abends", op. 27 (Sieben Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1902) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Liebesflämmchen", op. 222 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 8, published <<1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 80
Mother warned me in the evening
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Mother warned me in the evening: “Attend to the hanging lamp, my child! I recently had a dream about fire – And a wild wind was blowing.” The hanging lamp’s little flame I extinguished with care, The light in my heart Burned throughout the night. Mother calls me in the morning: “Child, get up! It’s day!” She knocks on my door, Sharply rapping three times. And believes, that she has rudely Startled me out of my sleep – The light in my heart Woke me long ago.
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Translations of title(s):
"Die Mutter mahnt mich abends" = "Mother warned me in the evening"
"Liebesflämmchen" = "Love's Little Flame"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)
This text was added to the website: 2022-11-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 87