Fleeting greeting | What sweet scent wafts about me?

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by Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804 - 1881), as Ernst

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Welch' süßer Duft umweht mich?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Welch' süßer Duft umweht mich?
Du Veilchen, versteckt im Strauch,
Leb' wohl, ich darf nicht weilen,
Nicht werben nach Liebesbrauch.

Du welkst wohl ungebrochen,
Ohn' Dank für lieblichen Duft.
Bis Gott im neuen Frühling
Zur Auferstehung dich ruft.

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Text Authorship:

by Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804 - 1881), as Ernst, "Flüchtiger Gruß", appears in Gedichte, in Auf der Wanderschaft, Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, first published 1858 [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Welch' süßer Duft umweht mich?", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Félix Vogt ; composed by Willy Rehberg.

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Fleeting greeting", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-06
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Word count: 38

Fleeting greeting

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What sweet scent wafts about me?
You violet, concealed in the bush,
Farewell, I must not tarry,
Must not woo as is the custom of lovers.

You will likely wilt unpicked,
Without receiving thanks for your lovely fragrance.
Until God in a new springtime
Calls you to resurrection.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Matthias Jacob Schleiden (1804 - 1881), as Ernst, "Flüchtiger Gruß", appears in Gedichte, in Auf der Wanderschaft, Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, first published 1858
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 48