Roses do not fade alone | Roses do not fade alone

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Rosen fliehen nicht allein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Rosen fliehen nicht allein
Und die Lenzgesänge,
Auch dein Wangenrosenschein,
Deine süßen Klänge.

O, daß ich, ein Thor, ein Thor,
Meinen Himmel räumte!
Daß ich einen Blick verlor,
Einen Hauch versäumte!

Rosen wecken Sehnsucht hier,
Dort die Nachtigallen,
Mädchen, und ich möchte dir
In die Arme fallen!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• O. Schoeck

O. Schoeck sets stanzas 1, 3

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 173.

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge, in An die Entfernte, no. 2 [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 Carroll Dunham , "Rosen fliehen nicht allein", op. 1 no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from An die Entfernte. Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by Toni Edelmann (b. 1945), "An die Entfernte II", published c2003 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 19, Helsinki : Sulasol [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Pohl (1826 - 1896), "Heisser Wunsch", published 1888 [ tenor and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "An die Entfernte", op. 5 no. 2 (1907), stanzas 1,3 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Lenau, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Ingeborg (Starck) Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "An die Entfernte", op. 23 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock
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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 47

Roses do not fade alone

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Roses do not fade alone
And [neither do] the songs of spring,
Nor does the rosy glow of your cheeks
[Nor] the sweet sound [of your voice].

Oh that I, a fool, a fool,
Left my Heaven!
That I lost [the opportunity of seeing even] one [of your] glances,
[That I] missed out on [even] one breath!

My longing is awakened, here by roses,
there [by] nightingales,
Maiden, and I wish
To fall into your arms.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge, in An die Entfernte, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 76