Ewig trägt im Mutterschoße, 
Süße Königin der Flur,
Dich und mich die stille, große,
Allbelebende Natur.

Röschen! unser Schmuck veraltet,
Sturm entblättert dich und mich,
Doch der ew'ge Keim entfaltet
Bald zu neuer Blüthe sich!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Wolff's Poetischer Hausschatz des deutschen Volkes: Ein Buch für Schule und Haus, erneuert von Carl Ostrogge, Leipzig, Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1874, pages 150-151.

Modernized spelling would change "Blüthe" to "Blüte".

Authorship:

• by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "An eine Rose", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800 [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 Franciscus (or Franz) Wilhelmus Bouman (1866 - 1896), "An die Rose", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Rotterdam, Alsbach & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "An eine Rose", op. 32 (Sieben Lieder) no. 2 (1924) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Philipp Jarnach (1892 - 1982), "An eine Rose", op. 7 no. 2 (1913), published 1922 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "An eine Rose", 1945 [sung text not yet checked]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To a rose", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (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.
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