by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914)
Die Nonne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): FIN
Viel hundert weiße Liljen Im Klostergarten stehn; Die roten, roten Rosen Sind noch einmal so schön. Die roten, roten Rosen, Die darf ich gar nicht ziehn; Im Klostergarten dürfen Bloß weiße Liljen blühn. Drei rote Rosen fallen Vor meine Füße hin; Es fließen meine Tränen, Daß ich eine Nonne bin. Ach Reiter, junger Reiter, Behalt die Rosen dein; Mir blühen bloß die Liljen, Doch nicht die Röselein.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914), "Die Nonne", appears in Der kleine Rosengarten. Volkslieder, Jena: Eugen Diederich Verlag, pp 72-3, first published 1922 [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 Ernst Duis (1896 - 1967), "Die Nonne", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Lauten-Lieder, no. 3, Wolfenbüttel: Julius-Zwißlers-Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Die Nonne", <<1944 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Nunna", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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