Duld' es still, wenn von den Zweigen
[Von den überfüllten Zweigen]1,
Blüten weh'n ins fromme Haar,
Und sich sacht [herüberneigen]2, 
[So im Durst herüberneigen,]3
[Lippen sich]4 auf Lippenpaar.

Sieh, ein [Beben]5 süß und wunderlich
Rinnt durch übersonnte Blätterreihen.
Alle Blüten, die sie niederstreuen,
[Segen streuen]6 sie auf dich und mich.

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Confirmed with Ludwig Jacobowski, Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte 1896-1898, Minden in Westf.: J.C.C. Bruns' Verlag, 1900, page 30.

¹ omitted by Marx
² Marx, Reger: "herniederneigen"
³ omitted by Marx and Reger.
⁴ Marx, Reger: "Lippenpaar"
⁵ Marx, Reger: "Leben"
⁶ Marx, Reger: "Frühling breiten"

Text Authorship:

• by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Maienblüten", appears in Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte, in Komtesse, first published 1900 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Maienblüten", 1909, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.16, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Maienblüten", op. 66 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 5 (1902) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Addie Funk ; composed by Joseph Marx.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Flors de maig", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May blossoms", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Fleurs de mai", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Bear it quietly, when from the branches,
From the over-filled branches,
Blossoms drift onto your demure locks,
And gently [lips lean over]1
Thus thirstily [lips] lean over,
Toward a pair of lips.

See, a [trembling]2, sweet and wondrous, runs
Through rows of leaves bestrewn with sunlight.
[With] all the blossoms that they drop down,
They [scatter blessings]3 upon you and me.