And when the rose blooms at its most beautiful

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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Und wenn am schönsten die Rose blüht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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Und wenn am schönsten die Rose blüht,
Und wenn am hellsten der Stern erglüht,
Wenn's Herz am weichsten von Liebe spricht:
O, traue nicht! 

Trau' nicht der Rose, sie welkt zur Nacht,
Trau' nicht dem Stern, er schwindet sacht,
Und nichts so schnell als Liebe bricht:
O, traue nicht!

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Confirmed with Haideröslein. Ein Liederstrauß, Würzburg: Leo Wörl'sche Buch-, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung, 1870, page 67.

Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 89.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Und wenn am schönsten die Rose blüht", appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 2. Herzensklänge, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition] [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Traue nicht", op. 189 (Zwölf zweistimmige Lieder im Volkston mit Pianoforte) no. 8, published 1886 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-27
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And when the rose blooms at its most...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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And when the rose blooms at its most beautiful,
And when the star glows at its brightest,
When the heart speaks of love most tenderly:
Oh, do not trust!

Trust not the rose, it shall wilt at nightfall,
Trust not the star, it shall gently disappear,
And nothing breaks as quickly as love:
Oh, do not trust!

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Translations of title(s):
"Traue nicht" = "Do not trust"
"Und wenn am schönsten die Rose blüht" = "And when the rose blooms at its most beautiful"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Und wenn am schönsten die Rose blüht", appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 2. Herzensklänge, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-21
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Word count: 57