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Noch schlummert sie süß. -- Dem lauschenden Wald Hoch oben sing' ich mein Lied. O horch! wie's nieder vom Hügel schallt, Und durch die Dämmrung zieht: Im Blüthenthal grüß Gott von fern! Wach' auf, wach' auf, mein Morgenstern! Noch hört sie mich nicht. -- Ihr Vögel im Hain Fliegt nieder, weckt sie mir sacht, Und pocht, ihr Lüftchen, an's Fensterlein, Bis lächelnd sie erwacht! Im Blüthenthal grüß Gott von fern! Wach' auf, wach' auf, mein Morgenstern! Nun winkt sie mir zu! -- Mein rauschender Wald, Nun hilf mir singen mein Lied, Daß lauter, lauter es schallt und hallt, Eh ganz die Dämmerung flieht! Im Blüthenthal grüß Gott von fern! Du bist's, du bist's, mein Morgenstern!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 167.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Morgenständchen", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 189 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Morgenständchen", op. 386 (Lieder-Album für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1871 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Haring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Morgenständchen", op. 14 no. 14, published 1880 [ four-part men's chorus ], from Zwanzig kleine Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 14, Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889), "Morgenständchen", op. 47 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Seitz (1844 - 1905), "Morgenständchen", op. 68 (Drei Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1893 [ ttbb quartet or chorus ], Leipzig: Bosse [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Morning serenade", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-14
Line count: 18
Word count: 113
She is still slumbering sweetly. -- To the harkening woods On high I shall sing my song. Oh listen! how it resounds from the hill, And travels through the twilight: In the blossoming valley, I greet you from afar! Awaken, awaken, my morning star! She does not hear me yet. Ye birds in the grove, Fly down, waken her gently for me, And ye breezes, tap upon her little window Until she wakens with a smile! In the blossoming valley, I greet you from afar! Awaken, awaken, my morning star! Now she is waving to me! -- My soughing woods, Now help me to sing my song, So that it resounds and echoes louder, louder, Before the twilight has utterly flown! In the blossoming valley, I greet you from afar! You are, you are my morning star!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Morgenständchen", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 189
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 136