And then no more | The splendor of the rose has its day

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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Und dann nicht mehr

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Der Rose Pracht hat ihren Tag
Und dann nicht mehr.
Die Nachtigall schlägt ihren Schlag
Und dann nicht mehr.

  Der Liebe Glück, es labt so lang,
Bis es der Tod 
Gebettet in den Sarkophag,
Und dann nicht mehr.

  Doch ewig ist auch nicht der Harm,
Der dich zerreißt;
Die Winde brausen durch den Hag,
Und dann nicht mehr.

  Ja, diese Welt, die sämmtliche, --
Was kränkst du dich,
Mein Herz, so sehr? -- hat ihren Tag,
Und dann nicht mehr.

Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, pages 159-160.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Und dann nicht mehr", 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 (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Und dann nicht mehr", op. 198 (10 Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3 (1860-74), published 1875 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "And then no more", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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And then no more

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  The splendor of the rose has its day
And then no more.
The nightingale jugs its song
And then no more.

  The bliss of love, it delights so long
Until death
Has laid it in a sarcophagus,
And then no more.

  But also not eternal is the grief
That is tearing you apart;
The winds surge through the grove
And then no more.

  Yes, this world, the whole world, --
Why do you grieve
So sorely, my heart? -- it has its day,
And then no more.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Und dann nicht mehr", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-12-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 86