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Im Winterboden schläft ein Blumenkeim der Schmetterling, der einst um Busch und Hügel in Frühlingsnächten wiegt den sammt'nen Flügel; nie soll er kosten deinen Honigseim. Wer aber weiß, ob nicht sein zarter Geist, wenn jede Zier des Sommers hingesunken, dereinst, von deinem leisen Duftetrunken, mir unsichtbar, dich blühende umkreist?
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- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875) [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 Günter Klinzing (b. 1930), "Auf eine Christblume II", published 1995 [high voice and piano], from Vier Gedichte zu den Jahreszeiten von Eduard Mörike, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Christblume", 1984. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Auf eine Christblume II", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 21. [ 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
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "To a Christmas rose II", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À une rose de Noël II", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Sur une rose de Noël II", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "A un elleboro II", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Une graine de fleur dort dans la terre de l'hiver, Le papillon qui autrefois autour du buisson et de la colline, Dans les nuits du printemps balançait ses ailes de velours Jamais il ne goûtera ton nectar. Mais qui sait si son esprit délicat, Après que l'ornement de l'été ait disparu, Un jour, bu avec ton doux parfum, Invisible à moi, volera autour de toi en fleur ?
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
Text added to the website: 2011-11-17 00:00:00
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