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Du meines Herzens Krönelein, du bist von lautrem Golde: Wenn andere daneben sein, dann bist du [erst]1 viel holde. Die andern tun so gern gescheit, du bist gar sanft und stille; Daß jedes Herz sich dein erfreut, dein Glück ist's, nicht dein Wille. Die andern suchen Lieb' und Gunst mit tausend falschen Worten, Du ohne Mund- und Augen-Kunst, bist wert an allen Orten. Du bist als wie die Ros' im Wald: sie weiß nichts von ihrer Blüte, Doch jedem, der vorüberwallt, erfreut sie das Gemüte.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Gedichte, Erster Band, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 68-69. Note that in line 3, we have corrected the typo "gescheut" to "gescheit", as later editions did.
1 Reger, Strauss: "noch"Text Authorship:
- by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 13 [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Du meines Herzens Krönelein", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 1 (1903-4) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Du meines Herzens Krönelein", op. 21 no. 2 (1887-1888), published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Schlichte Weisen, no. 2, München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Pride of my heart", first published 1897
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Toi, petite couronne de mon cœur, tu es faite d'or pur, quand d'autres sont à tes côtés tu es bien la plus gracieuse. Les autres aiment montrer leur esprit, mais tu restes douce et silencieuse, quand par toi les cœurs sont ravis c'est par bonheur, non par intention. Les autres cherchent amour et faveur, avec mille mots captieux, mais toi, sans bouche et yeux fardés, tu es digne partout. Tu es comme la rose dans la forêt, elle ne sait rien de sa floraison, pourtant elle réjouit l'âme de chacun qui passe devant elle.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 13
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 94