Einst [wollt']1 ich einen Kranz dir winden
Und konnte keine Blumen finden!
Jetzt find ich Blumen fern und nah,
Ach! aber du bist nicht mehr da!
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1 Liszt: "wollte"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden", op. 12 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Oldenburg, Schulze [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Humphreys Dayas (1863 - 1903), "Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden", op. 10 no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Stimmungsbilder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Imboden , "Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Einst", S. 332 (1878), published 1879 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Outrora", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 26
Outrora queria fazer-te uma coroa
E não conseguia encontrar flores algumas!
Agora encontro flores longe e perto,
Ah! Mas tu já lá não estás!