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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 Dufte trunken, Mir unsichtbar, dich blühende umkreist?
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Eduard Mörike, Sechste Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Göschen'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1876, page 224.
Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), no title, appears in Auf eine Christblume, no. 2 [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 Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Auf eine Christblume", 1997-1998, published 1998 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from 12 Gedichte von Mörike, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Christblume", 1984 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 50
Dans le sol d'hiver dort une fleur en devenir. Le papillon qui, par les nuits de printemps, effleure de ses ailes de velours bosquets et collines jamais ne goûtera ton miel. Qui sait pourtant si un jour, quand la parure de l'été aura disparu, son tendre fantôme, pour moi invisible,ne viendra pas ivre de ton parfum léger, voleter autour de toi à peine éclose ?
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Stéphane Goldet and Pierre de Rosamel, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), no title, appears in Auf eine Christblume, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 65