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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Als er, Sami, mit dir jüngst Blumen...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Als [er]1, Sami, mit dir jüngst Blumen brach in dem Garten,
Stach [ihn]2 ein Bienchen, und heiß schmerzte die blutende Hand.
Weise [rietest du ihm]3 mit Erde zu kühlen die Wunde,
Und der brennende Schmerz schwand, und die Wunde ward heil.
Sami, wird auch die Wunde, die in dem Herzen ihm blutet,
Dann erst gekühlet und heil, wenn sie die Erde bedeckt?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Sterkel 

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Confirmed with Goethes Werke, herausgegeben im Auftrage der Grossherzogin Sophie von Sachsen, Band 5 (Volume 5), Erste Abtheilung (Part 1), Weimar, Hermann Böhlau, 1893, page 49.

Note: see also the extremely similar poem by Justus Friedrich Zehelein titled Der Bienenstich.

1 Blum, Sterkel: "ich"; further changes may exist for Blum, not shown above.
2 Sterkel: "mich"
3 Sterkel: "rieth'st du mir"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An Sami", subtitle: "Indisches Gedicht" [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 Carl Blum (1786 - 1844), "An Sami", op. 23 (Balladen, Romanzen und Lieder, drittes Heft) no. 9 (1818) [ voice and guitar ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "An Sami", op. 104 (3 Gedichte von Göthe, für 2 Soprane mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 (1844), published 1845 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Hannover, Bachmann [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Der Bienenstich" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (John H. Campbell) (W. Kommer) , "To Sami", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 66

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