Non désirée | Au fin fond de l'abîme est une rose

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Es stand eine Rose im tief tiefen Grund

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Es stand eine Rose im tief tiefen Grund,
Von Liebe und Sehnsucht durchglühet,
Kam Keiner, der ihre Schönheit begehrt,
Ist einsam und traurig verblühet.

Ich weiß eine Seele, die glühte so heiß,
Die Liebe, das Glück zu [umfangen]¹;
Kam Keiner, der ihre Blüthe begehrt,
Ist einsam zu Grunde gegangen.

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Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Einundzwanzigste Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1905, page 126.

¹ Reger: "empfangen"

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Unbegehrt", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Vermischte Gedichte, no. 35 [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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Unbegehrt", op. 75 (45 Lieder für dreistimmigen Chor a capella) no. 21 (1924) [ three-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Unbegehrt", op. 17 (Lieder-Album. 12 Dichtungen für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Kassel, Kuprions Nachf. [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adalbert (Béla) Laszky (1867 - 1935), "Märchen", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Stahl [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Unbegehrt", op. 31 (Sechs Gedichte von Anna Ritter) no. 3 (1898) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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Non désirée

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Au fin fond de l'abîme est une rose
Embrasée d'amour et d'attentes,
Personne ne vint pour désirer sa beauté,
Elle a fané, seule et triste.

Je connais une âme qui brûlait avec tant d'ardeur
De connaître l'amour et le bonheur ;
Personne ne vint pour désirer ses fleurs,
Elle est s'en est allée seule.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Unbegehrt", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Vermischte Gedichte, no. 35
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This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 53