The violet to the Spanish lilac | I do not know whether it is the power of spring

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by Hanns Sachs (1881 - 1947)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das Veilchen an den spanischen Flieder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ich weiss nicht, ist's des Frühlings Macht,
Ist's, dass ich dich gesehn:
Ich denke traurig Tag und Nacht
Ans Wiedersehn.

Du wirst in Sommers Blütenpracht
Noch leuchtend stehn;
Ich muss im Reif der Winternacht
Vergehn.

Die letzten Düfte entathm' ich sacht
Im Frühlingswehn,
Und sterbend denk ich in der Nacht
Ans Wiedersehn.

Text Authorship:

by Hanns Sachs (1881 - 1947) [author's text not yet checked 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 Artur Schnabel (1882 - 1951), "Das Veilchen an den spanischen Flieder", op. 11 (Zehn Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 9, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Verlag Dreililien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The violet to the Spanish lilac", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La violette au lilas espagnol", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

The violet to the Spanish lilac

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I do not know whether it is the power of spring,
Whether it is because I saw you:
Day and night I sadly think
Of seeing [you] again.

You, in the splendour of summer blossoms,
Shall still stand radiantly;
[But] I, in the frost of the winter night,
Must perish.

I gently breathe out my last scents
In the breezes of spring,
And dying, I think in the night
Of seeing [you] again.

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 73