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106 song texts, 394 settings, 160 placeholders, and 108 translations (with modifications to 586 texts and 501 settings) have been added as follows:

    2026-04-18
    • Translation: You my patient my patience my parent  ENG (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Patience (Toi ma patiente ma patience ma parente))
    • Translation: The maidservants rush off singing  ENG (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: En chantant les servantes s’élancent)
    • Translation: Liberty  ENG (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Liberté (Sur mes cahiers d’écolier))
    • Translation: Day surprises me and night frightens me  ENG (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Un loup (Le jour m’étonne et la nuit me fait peur))
    • Translation: The threat beneath the red sky  ENG (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Un feu sans tache (La menace sous le ciel rouge))
    • Translation: Of all the springtimes of the world  ENG (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Bientôt (De tous les printemps du monde))
    • Translation: As soft as the silence  ENG (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Aussi bas que le silence (Aussi bas que le silence))
    • Translation: Laughing at the sky and at the planets  ENG (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Première marche la voix d'un autre (Riant du ciel et des planètes))
    • A total of 8 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 19 texts were modified.
    • A total of 1 setting was modified.
    2026-04-17
    • [No title] (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Armand Willem Grauls after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) [x] ⊗
    • Stil, wees stil: op zilvren voeten (Text: Pieter Cornelis Boutens)
    • Worship (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Lelia S. Marstaller) [x]
    • Kijk terug naar de jaren die voorbij zijn (Caroline Ansink) (Text: Anonymous after Janina Fernandez) ⊗
    • De zee (Saar Bessem) (Text: Hendrik Marsman)
    • Alleen (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Anthonie Donker) [x]
    • Alfons (Caroline Ansink) (Text: Mensje Francina van der Steen) [x]
    • Just talking about the last week events (Adina Dumitrescu) [x]
    • Translation: The Musicians  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Les musiciens (Assis dans un coin obscur du souk))
    • Op eenen morgenstont (Hanna Beekhuis) (Text: Jan Luyken) [x]
    • Epices (Svitlana Azarova) (Text: Svitlana Azarova) [x]
    • Twee momenten (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Albert Charles Auguste Plasschaert) [x]
    • Herramme Jeesuksen Kristuksen syntymä (Adina Dumitrescu) [x]
    • Mothers (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Lelia S. Marstaller) [x]
    • From this kind (Svitlana Azarova) (Text: Lisa Sapinkopf after Oksana Stefanivna Zabuzhko)
    • Translation: The Music Pavilion  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Le pavillon de la musique (Les musiciennes sont parties))
    • Dees wereldgolf van duister en van licht (Hanna Beekhuis) (Text: Pieter Cornelis Boutens)
    • Cantěcele ploii (Myriam Lucia Marbe) (Text: Renée Annie Cassian , as Nina Cassian) [x]
    • Jij weet dat hij dood is (Caroline Ansink) (Text: Michele Najlis)
    • Translation: The wanderer in the woods  ENG (after (Carl Friedrich) Julius Altmann: Der Wanderer im Walde (Unter den grünen Zweigen))
    • Wanneer alles diep van binnen pijn doet (Caroline Ansink) (Text: Anonymous after Michele Najlis) ⊗
    • Maria R. (Caroline Ansink) (Text: Eleni Fourtouni after Rita Boumi-Pappa) [x] ⊗
    • Translation: On Love  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Sur l'amour (Ne laisse pas dormir le faucon que tu apprivoises))
    • Liedje (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Margot Vos) [x]
    • Quant’ (à) elle (…elle) est (l’)art (Adina Dumitrescu) (Text: Volkslieder )
    • Auf der Wanderschaft (Theodor Gaugler) (Text: Rudolf Genée) [x]
    • Uw jonge, melodieën-volle vingeren (Hanna Beekhuis) (Text: Pieter Cornelis Boutens)
    • De Dooden en de Kinderen (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Jan Jacob Slauerhoff)
    • [No title] (Text: Michele Najlis) [x]
    • Scheppingsverhaal (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Jan Jacob Slauerhoff)
    • [No title] (Text: Rita Boumi-Pappa) [x]
    • Horă de Hâtru (Myriam Lucia Marbe) (Text: Ion N. Theodorescu , as Tudor Arghezi) [x]
    • Translation: The Snake  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Le Serpent (Elle était assise sur mes genoux))
    • Fuoco! (Caroline Ansink) [x]
    • M'aymerez-vous bien? (Hanna Beekhuis) (Text: Jean Meschinot) [x]
    • Der Wanderer im Walde (Theodor Gaugler) (Text: Julius Altmann)
    • D'une qui faisait la longue (Hanna Beekhuis) (Text: Clément Marot) [x]
    • [No title] [x]
    • Hor che la vaga Aurora (Vittoria Aleotti) (Text: Giovanni Battista Guarini)
    • Voorkeur (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Anthonie Donker) [x]
    • Franziskus singt (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Alfons Petzold) [x]
    • Од такої тоски (Text: Oksana Stefanivna Zabuzhko)
    • Kwatrijn II (Hanna Beekhuis) (Text: Pieter Cornelis Boutens) [x]
    • [No title] (Text: Rita Boumi-Pappa) [x]
    • Translation: Sailor's song  ENG (after Karl Anton Florian Eckert: Wo die Woge braust)
    • [No title] (Text: Janina Fernandez) [x]
    • Translation: Yearning for the mountains  ENG (after (Carl Friedrich) Julius Altmann: Sehnsucht nach den Bergen (Ihr Auen hoch oben))
    • Krinio (Caroline Ansink) (Text: Eleni Fourtouni after Rita Boumi-Pappa) [x] ⊗
    • Gasel (Text: Gottfried Keller)
    • Alles heeft zijn mond (Hanna Beekhuis) (Text: Jan Luyken) [x]
    • Translation: Precious Sadness  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: La tristesse précieuse (Assise sur la terrasse de sa demeure, elle attend son fiancé))
    • Die klank (Annie Pothuis) (Text: Anthonie Donker) [x]
    • Sehnsucht nach den Bergen (Theodor Gaugler, Ludwig Kindscher) (Text: Julius Altmann)
    • A total of 53 settings were added.
    • A total of 53 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 62 texts were modified.
    • A total of 53 settings were modified.
    2026-04-16
    • Translation: Her Smile  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Son Sourire (Quand je lui demande grâce, elle se contente de sourire))
    • Translation: The Balm  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Le baume (Elle m'a dit :Je ne provoque ta jalousie))
    • Translation: Summer Night  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Nuit d'été (Un vent léger fait murmurer les feuillages))
    • Translation: Wish  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Vœu (Nuit tiède, clair de lune, parfum des pruniers))
    • Unter dem Rhein (Camille van Lunen) (Text: Rose Ausländer) *
    • Translation: A Little Party  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Petite fête (Je prends un flacon de vin))
    • Translation: Our young servant ties the feet  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Le départ du poulet (Notre petit domestique attache les pattes))
    • Translation: Stanzas  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Stances (Bien des fois, sur mon casque et sur ma cotte de mailles))
    • Translation: Yé Kien  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Yé Kien (Ma bien-aimée sait que je te contemple))
    • Numele sau sfint -Ramul lasa-un rod (Zlata Tkach) (Text: Anonymous after Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x] ⊗
    • [No title] (Text: Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x]
    • Cîntec de leagăn (Zlata Tkach) (Text: Anonymous after Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x] ⊗
    • [No title] (Text: Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x]
    • La egal (Zlata Tkach) (Text: Anonymous after Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x] ⊗
    • [No title] (Text: Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x]
    • Visul (Zlata Tkach) (Text: Anonymous after Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x] ⊗
    • [No title] (Text: Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x]
    • Ploiță (Zlata Tkach) (Text: Anonymous after Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x] ⊗
    • [No title] (Text: Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x]
    • [No title] (Text: Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x]
    • Épiphanie (Swan Hennessy) (Text: José-María de Hérédia)
    • Notre petit domestique attache les pattes (Marie Marjori Hajary, François Steenhuis) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Tsao Chang Ling) ⊗
    • A total of 9 settings were added.
    • A total of 22 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 32 texts were modified.
    • A total of 12 settings were modified.
    2026-04-15
    • Vreau să fiu cireș înflorit (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
    • Translation: Comment je t'aime ?  FRE (after Wilfred Owen: How do I love thee? (I cannot woo thee as the lion his mate))
    • Translation: Coral  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Le corail (C'est un arbuste dépourvu de feuilles et de fleurs))
    • Translation: Our boat glides ..  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Notre bateau glisse... (Notre bateau glisse sur le fleuve calme))
    • Cântec de nuntă (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
    • Colloquial Speech (Adina Dumitrescu) [x]
    • Translation: Le non-retour  FRE (after Wilfred Owen: The unreturning (Suddenly night crushed out the day and hurled))
    • Într-o grădină (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Ienăchiță Văcărescu) [x]
    • Translation: Ki Fong  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Ki Fong (La brise vient d'accourir))
    • Translation: And do you believe, little star, that your radiance  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Und meinst du, Sternlein, dein Leuchten (Und meinst du, Sternlein, dein Leuchten))
    • Translation: Death  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: La mort (Donnez-moi ce luth !))
    • Tre vocalize (Hilda Jerea) [x]
    • Revedere (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Mihai Eminescu)
    • Seara (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Ion N. Theodorescu , as Tudor Arghezi)
    • Translation: The Dancing Girl  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: La danseuse (La brise fait onduler les lotus))
    • Translation: Offensive de printemps  FRE (after Wilfred Owen: Spring offensive (Halted against the shade of a last hill))
    • Draga mama mea (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
    • Translation: Even so...  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Pourtant ! (Cette promesse que vous m'aviez faite))
    • Sfinte soare (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Lucian Blaga)
    • Translation: The Madman  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: L’insensé (Avec de grands gestes, il s'éloigna dans la nuit))
    • Puişor canar (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Ienăchiță Văcărescu) [x]
    • Translation: Le dernier rire  FRE (after Wilfred Owen: 'Oh! Jesus Christ! I'm hit,' he said; and died)
    • Note de primăvară (Hilda Jerea) (Text: George Bacovia)
    • Translation: The Shadow of a Leaf of an Orange Tree  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: L'ombre d'une feuille d'oranger (Seule, dans sa chambre))
    • În Duminica de Florii (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
    • Fanfară (Hilda Jerea) (Text: George Bacovia)
    • Stă în codru fără slavă (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Lucian Blaga)
    • Foaie verde, cucule (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Volkslieder ) [x]
    • L’insensé (Therèse Brenet, Eugeniusz Knapik) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗
    • La chanson des nénuphars (Therèse Brenet) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗
    • Translation: The Song of the Water Lilies  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: La chanson des nénuphars (Leurs robes vertes sont tellement pareilles))
    • Amărâtă turturea (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Ienăchiță Văcărescu) [x]
    • Întoarcere (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Lucian Blaga)
    • Testament (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Ienăchiță Văcărescu) [x]
    • Pierde-varǎ (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Volkslieder )
    • Hei, Hallila! (Adina Dumitrescu) [x]
    • Voua, oameni (Zlata Tkach) (Text: Anonymous after Ovsey Ovseyevich Driz) [x] ⊗
    • Translation: Le corail  FRE (Louis Delune) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Tsao Chang Ling) ⊗
    • A total of 36 settings were added.
    • A total of 38 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 59 texts were modified.
    • A total of 50 settings were modified.
    2026-04-14
    • Translation: One evening when I was breathing the scent of the flowers  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Les deux flûtes (Un soir que je respirais le parfum des fleurs))
    • Translation: Tu regardais le monde à travers mon âme  FRE (after Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel: Venus Universa (Du sahst durch meine Seele in die Welt))
    • Translation: Oh you, who are everything in the world to me!  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: O du mein Alles auf der Welt! (O du mein Alles auf der Welt))
    • Translation: Flowers, birds, emitting scents, singing  ENG (after Nikolaus Lenau: Trauer (Blumen, Vögel, duftend, singend))
    • Translation: The Porcelain Pavilion  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Le pavillon de porcelaine (Au milieu du lac))
    • Translation: The Dance of the Gods  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: La danse des Dieux (J'avais mis toute mon âme dans une chanson))
    • Translation: From far away  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Aus der Ferne (Lustig, lustig strömt hinein))
    • Translation: Beautiful is the first green of the woods  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Schön ist das erste Grün in dem Walde (Schön ist das erste Grün in dem Walde))
    • Translation: Prostrate before the Buddhist virgin  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Inscription sur un tombeau (Prosternée devant la vierge bouddhiste))
    • Translation: You know whom I mean!  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Ihr wißt ja, wen ich meine! (Ihr wißt ja, wen ich meine))
    • Un Nom (Maurice Pesse) (Text: Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine)
    • The winds are all hush'd and the moon is high (Mary Clement) (Text: Amelia Blandford Edwards)
    • Velikonoce (Vítězslava Kaprálová) (Text: Fráňa Šrámek)
    • Wurzeln des Waldes (Walter Courvoisier, Hanni Schoen-Knauff) (Text: Will Vesper after Spervogel)
    • A total of 11 settings were added.
    • A total of 14 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 46 texts were modified.
    • A total of 42 settings were modified.
    2026-04-13
    • Im Volkston (Rosalie Marie Wertheim, as Rosy Wertheim) (Text: Erwin Weill)
    • Translation: Protect my love in foreign lands  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Beschütz mein Lieb im fremden Land! (Beschütz mein Lieb im fremden Land))
    • Translation: I walked in the forest  ENG (after Karl Stieler: Einst! (Ich ging im Walde))
    • De middeleeuwen (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Gerrit Kamphuis) [x]
    • Wij dragen de schuld onzer tijden (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: J. J. Thomson) [x]
    • Miserere, Domine, miserere (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: D. de Vries) [x]
    • Herfstliedje (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Anna Maria Francisca van Wageningen-Salomons , as Annie Salomons) [x]
    • Zang van Salome (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Anna Maria Francisca van Wageningen-Salomons) [x]
    • Again (Emily Emerton) (Text: William Henry Ogilvie) [x]
    • Translation: The White Heron  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Le héron blanc (Ce grand flocon de neige était un héron))
    • Neutraal (Rosalie Marie Wertheim, as Rosy Wertheim) (Text: François Désiré Pauwels) [x]
    • Translation: My Love  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Mon amie (A la porte Occidentale de la ville))
    • Translation: Is it a greeting from you  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Ist's ein Gruß von dir! (Ist's ein Gruß von dir))
    • Lied voor de Russische kinderen (Rosalie Marie Wertheim, as Rosy Wertheim) (Text: Jacoba Frederika Daniëlla Mossel) [x]
    • Translation: Spring Rain  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Pluie de printemps (Elle est venue ranimer les jardins))
    • Translation: Evening walk  ENG (after Karl Stieler: Abendgang (Abendschatten füllt die Weite))
    • Translation: Casually, with her lute in her hand  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Nocturne (Nonchalante, son luth à la main))
    • Abschiedsbrief (Camilla Frydan) (Text: Erwin Weill) [x]
    • Bergerette (Rosalie Marie Wertheim, as Rosy Wertheim) (Text: Henrietta Wilhelmina Heineken-Daum) [x]
    • Translation: In black columns  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Je me promenais (En files noirs))
    • Kuidas võis järsku juhtuda (Liis Jürgens) (Text: Toomas Kall after Nikolay Bulgakov) [x] ⊗*
    • [No title] (Text: Nikolay Bulgakov) [x]
    • Vaatad järsku aknast välja (Liis Jürgens) (Text: Toomas Kall after Nikolay Bulgakov) [x] ⊗*
    • [No title] (Text: Nikolay Bulgakov) [x]
    • Mere ääres (Liis Jürgens) (Text: Toomas Kall after Nikolay Bulgakov) [x] ⊗*
    • [No title] (Text: Nikolay Bulgakov) [x]
    • Der kleine Hydriot - Τὸ Yδραιόπουλο (Konstantia Gourzi) (Text: Konstantia Gourzi; Vasilis Voutos after Wilhelm Müller) [x]*
    • ἀλλ’ ἔων φίλος ἄμμι (Text: Sappho , as Σαπφώ)
    • A total of 21 settings were added.
    • A total of 28 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 58 texts were modified.
    • A total of 24 settings were modified.
    2026-04-12
    • Tiptoe (Molly Carew) (Text: Harry Rodney Bennett , as Royden Barrie)
    • Translation: Lake Nann-hou rocks the Autumn moon  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Calme (Le lac Nann-hou berce la lune d'automne))
    • Love's a Merchant (Molly Carew) (Text: Herbert J. Brandon) [x]
    • Flight (Molly Carew) (Text: Dorothy Dickinson )
    • Over the Meadow (Molly Carew) (Text: Harry Rodney Bennett , as Royden Barrie)
    • The Dorothy Perkins rose (Molly Carew) (Text: Almey St. John Adcock)
    • The piper of love (Molly Carew) (Text: J. A. McDonald)
    • Love's a merry auctioneer (Molly Carew) (Text: Edward Frederick Lockton) [x]
    • The market (Molly Carew) (Text: Jean Stevenson) [x]
    • Sunday (Molly Carew) (Text: T. Paxton)
    • What sing the birds? (Molly Carew) (Text: Charles G. Mortimer)
    • Everywhere I look! (Molly Carew) (Text: Dena Tempest)
    • Translation: The Favorable Storm  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: L'orage favorable (Je maudissais la pluie qui faisait résonner mon toit))
    • Somewhere in this summer night (Molly Carew) (Text: Edward Frederick Lockton)
    • My little garden world (Molly Carew) (Text: John Moray Stuart-Young)
    • Canterbury bells (Molly Carew) (Text: Charles G. Mortimer) [x]
    • Advice (Molly Carew) (Text: Harry Rodney Bennett , as Rodney Bennett)
    • Translation: A Song  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Une chanson (Une chanson, là-bas... C'est un mendiant))
    • Piper June (Molly Carew) (Text: Edward Frederick Lockton)
    • Translation: My heart is in the highlands, my heart is not here!  ENG (after Ferdinand Freiligrath: Mein Herz ist im Hochland (Mein Herz ist im Hochland, mein Herz ist nicht hier!))
    • Spring's a-coming to town (Molly Carew) (Text: J. A. McDonald)
    • You and I (Molly Carew)
    • Translation: Like the moon in the blue sky  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Ngo Gay Ngy (Comme la lune dans le ciel bleu))
    • While You're Away (Molly Carew) (Text: Harry Rodney Bennett , as Royden Barrie)
    • Translation: Since she went away...  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Depuis qu'elle est partie... (Ne m'apportez plus de fleurs))
    • Spring's looking out of her window (Molly Carew) (Text: Dena Tempest) [x]
    • Translation: My thoughts now fly  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Nun fliegen meine Gedanken (Nun fliegen meine Gedanken))
    • Spring comes laughing (Molly Carew) (Text: Dena Tempest)
    • Fairy cradle (Molly Carew) (Text: Edward Frederick Lockton)
    • Ce bruit, ce faible bruit (Léon Delafosse) (Text: Georges-Louis Garnier)
    • A total of 31 settings were added.
    • A total of 30 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 54 texts were modified.
    • A total of 36 settings were modified.
    2026-04-11
    • Translation: And though the journey be far and long  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Und ist die Reis' auch weit und lang (Und ist die Reis' auch weit und lang))
    • How softly runs the afternoon (Amy Woodforde-Finden) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
    • Verlassen hassen münzen (Julia Schwartz) (Text: Johanna Lier) [x]*
    • Willow wand (Amy Woodforde-Finden) (Text: Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall)
    • A crystal heart (Amy Woodforde-Finden) (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
    • [No title] (Text: Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh , as Mirza-Schaffy) [x]
    • L'Infidèle (Charles-Henri Maréchal) (Text: Marcel Manchez) [x]
    • The hand of you (Carrie Jacobs-Bond)
    • I love you truly (Carrie Jacobs-Bond) (Text: Carrie Jacobs-Bond)
    • When my ships come home (Carrie Jacobs-Bond)
    • A little shoe (Carrie Jacobs-Bond)
    • Have you seen my kittie? (Carrie Jacobs-Bond)
    • The bird song (Carrie Jacobs-Bond) (Text: H. F. Chandler)
    • If I built a world for you (Liza Lehmann) (Text: Herbert Fordwych)
    • A total of 11 settings were added.
    • A total of 14 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 31 texts were modified.
    • A total of 26 settings were modified.
    2026-04-10
    • A total of 3 settings were added.
    • A total of 5 texts were modified.
    • A total of 7 settings were modified.
    2026-04-09
    • Translation: Winter Night  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Nuit d'hiver (Les craquements des bambous))
    • Translation: When I ask the wanderer  ENG (after Franz (Eduard) Hermann von Hermannsthal: Die Heimat (Wenn ich den Wandrer frage))
    • Translation: In the garden, under the moonlight  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Avant le repas (Au jardin, dans le clair de lune))
    • Translation: The Destiny of Man  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Le destin de l'homme (Aux ardeurs de l'été))
    • Translation: Lake and little star  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: See und Sternlein (In der allerbängsten Stunde))
    • Translation: Sunset  ENG (after Paul Heinze: Sonnenuntergang (Schon dunkelt es über den Wäldern))
    • Translation: And though you have not been granted to me  ENG (after Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz: Und bist du mir auch nicht beschieden)
    • Translation: Evocation  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Évocation (Rapide, ma barque file))
    • Translation: Silver brooklet in the deep valley  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Silbernes Bächlein im tiefen Thal! (Silbernes Bächlein im tiefen Thal))
    • A total of 10 settings were added.
    • A total of 9 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 13 texts were modified.
    • A total of 10 settings were modified.
    2026-04-08
    • Weltcircus (Camille van Lunen) (Text: Josef Michael Linnek , as JML) [x]*
    • Translation: Wherever I go, you go with me  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Wohin ich geh, gehst du mit mir! (Wohin ich geh, gehst du mit mir))
    • Translation: How blessed was your life!  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Wie selig war dein Leben! (Wie selig war dein Leben))
    • Translation: Most faithful heart, and if you wish to depart  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Treustes Herz, und willst du scheiden (Treustes Herz, und willst du scheiden))
    • Translation: If you wish we will make love  ENG (after Stéphane Mallarmé: Si tu veux nous nous aimerons)
    • Des hommes peuvent tenir (Camille van Lunen) (Text: Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, dit Le Corbusier)
    • Translation: To part from one's beloved  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Scheidelied (Von der Allerliebsten scheiden))
    • Translation: I walked under dense branches  ENG (after Robert Reinick: Heraus! (Ging unter dichten Zweigen))
    • A total of 19 settings were added.
    • A total of 8 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 20 texts were modified.
    • A total of 21 settings were modified.
    2026-04-07
    • Neujahrslied (Mary Wurm) (Text: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben)
    • Translation: Gondola Song  ENG (after Adolf Böttger: Gondellied (Vom Ruder tropft der Silberschaum))
    • Translation: On my ebony flute, I played for you  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: L'indifférente (Sur ma flûte d'ébène, j'ai joué, pour toi))
    • The voice of love (Mira Straus Jacobs) (Text: Grace A. Boughton Leigh)
    • The well of life (Mira Straus Jacobs) (Text: Grace A. Boughton Leigh)
    • With my Bible and my staff (Liza Lehmann) (Text: Oliver Goldsmith)
    • Translation: You dropped in the dust  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: La dernière promenade (Tu as laissé tomber dans la poussière))
    • Translation: On the Banks of the Jo-Yeh  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: Sur les bords du Jo-Yeh (Des jeunes filles cueillent des nénuphars))
    • To the heart (Mira Straus Jacobs) (Text: Frederick G. Bowles)
    • Oh tell me, nightingale (Liza Lehmann) (Text: Anonymous after Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt)
    • Translation: The Naked Girl  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: La jeune fille nue (Pour aller retrouver son fiancé))
    • The voyager (Mira Straus Jacobs) (Text: Frederick G. Bowles)
    • Comme il m'attriste, ce chant de cigale (Catherine d'Ollone, née Catherine de Pontière) (Text: Franz Toussaint after Tsao Chang Ling) ⊗
    • A total of 18 settings were added.
    • A total of 13 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 34 texts were modified.
    • A total of 33 settings were modified.
    2026-04-06
    • New moon tonight", you will hear them say (Ruth Adamson Brooks, as Hon. Mrs. Tennant, Emily Emerton) (Text: William Henry Ogilvie)
    • Great big grey kangaroo (Mary Hannah Brahe) (Text: Margeret Dickson)
    • Blackbirds (May Windsor) (Text: Edward Frederick Lockton , as Edward Teschemacher)
    • La donna è mobile (Giuseppe Verdi) (Text: Francesco Maria Piave)
    • De liefde is iets groots (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Anonymous after Thomas à Kempis)
    • Translation: A Lover's Sadness  ENG (after Joseph Viktor von Scheffel: Tristicia amorosa (Si liceret te amare))
    • Moon song (May Windsor) (Text: Edward Frederick Lockton) [x]
    • Een meisje die van Scheveningen kwam (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Volkslieder )
    • In absence (Mira Straus Jacobs) (Text: Frederick G. Bowles)
    • Kerstliedje (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Emilie Beatrice Agnes Poortman) [x]
    • Fair shines the moon tonight (Giuseppe Verdi) (Text: William Henry Bellamy)
    • Mean old moon (Ella Airlie) (Text: Ella Airlie) [x]
    • Spanish moon (Pamela Terese) (Text: Pamela Terese) [x]*
    • A total of 14 settings were added.
    • A total of 13 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 16 texts were modified.
    • A total of 16 settings were modified.
    2026-04-05
    • Translation: On ha anat a parar el meu somni  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Wo ist mein Traum geblieben)
    • Translation: Vents càlids, humits vagaregen  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Zunachten (Laufeuchte Winde schweifen))
    • Het Narrenschip (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Roel Houwink)
    • Translation: Massa tard  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Zu spät (Altmodisch steht mit schmächtigen Pilastern))
    • Translation: Nexe  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Zusammenhang (Aus lang verschwundener Völker Lieder her))
    • Translation: Dia d'hivern  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Wintertag (O wie schön das Licht))
    • Translation: No res més que afluir, no res més que abrusar  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Wollust (Nichts als strömen, nichts als brennen))
    • Translation: Quan els records dels meus llunyans dies d'infantesa  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Zuweilen (Wenn mich der fernen Kindertage))
    • Amoureus Liedjen (Rosalie Marie Wertheim, as Rosy Wertheim) (Text: Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero)
    • Translation: Oh! he who travels with his beloved  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: O! wer mit der Liebsten thut reisen! (O! wer mit der Liebsten thut reisen))
    • Translation: You said not a word to me  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Kein Wörtlein hast du mir gesagt (Kein Wörtlein hast du mir gesagt))
    • Einsam das Haus (Rosalie Marie Wertheim, as Rosy Wertheim) (Text: Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz)
    • Translation: El miracle de l’amor  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Wunder der Liebe (Oft will das Leben nicht mehr weitergehn))
    • Translation: Núvols  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Wolken (Wolken, leise Schiffer, fahren))
    • Belonging (Marie-Claire Saindon) (Text: Paul Grindlay) *
    • Translation: Massa tard  CAT (after Hermann Hesse: Zu spät (Da ich in Jugendnot und Scham))
    • Een oud bestevaartje met een jong meisjen (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero)
    • Snachts rusten meest de dieren (Text: Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero)
    • Scherzo (Rosalie Marie Wertheim, as Rosy Wertheim) (Text: Anthonie Donker)
    • ἢ ὥσπερ Σαπφώ• (Text: Sappho)
    • A total of 10 settings were added.
    • A total of 20 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 37 texts were modified.
    • A total of 25 settings were modified.
    2026-04-04
    • Mai sunt încă roze – mai sunt (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Alexandru Macedonski)
    • Translation: All the woods fall silent  ENG (after Lilly Uhrlaub: Alle Wälder schweigen (Alle Wälder schweigen))
    • Lob dir, herrliche Flamme (Bettina Skrzypczak) (Text: Silja Walter)
    • Pourquoi pleurez-vous, jeunes filles qui vous mariez? (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Franz Toussaint)
    • Translation: Spring song  ENG (after Franz Wisbacher: Frühlingslied (Wenn Vöglein ihre Nester bauen))
    • Une dernière fois (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Franz Toussaint)
    • Vous me répétiez (Rosalie Marie Wertheim) (Text: Franz Toussaint)
    • A total of 21 settings were added.
    • A total of 7 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 14 texts were modified.
    • A total of 23 settings were modified.
    2026-04-03
    • Frunza (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: George Călinescu) [x]
    • Translation: At your birth in the East  ENG (after Joseph Viktor von Scheffel: Irene imperatrix (Nascituram Orientis))
    • La mijloc de codru des (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Mihai Eminescu) [x]
    • [No title] (Text: Mihai Eminescu) [x]
    • Nici nu-ţi pasă (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Ion N. Theodorescu , as Tudor Arghezi) [x]
    • Note de primăvară (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: George Bacovia) [x]
    • Cu Penetul (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Mihai Eminescu) [x]
    • Coşarul alb (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Ion N. Theodorescu , as Tudor Arghezi) [x]
    • Noaptea (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Ion N. Theodorescu , as Tudor Arghezi) [x]
    • Apa vie (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: George Călinescu) [x]
    • Translation: When two love each other with all their hearts  ENG (after (Friedrich) Emil Rittershaus: Wenn zwei von Herzen lieb sich haben (Wie jagt das Herz nach tausend Dingen))
    • [No title] (Text: Mihai Eminescu) [x]
    • Translation: Winter morning  ENG (after Karl Knortz: Wintermorgen (Aus tiefem Traum war ich erwacht))
    • Kryptogramm (Violeta Ileana Dinescu) (Text: Ulrich Gnauk) [x]
    • A total of 20 settings were added.
    • A total of 14 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 17 texts were modified.
    • A total of 20 settings were modified.
    2026-04-02
    • Unde Un Cîntec Este... (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Lucian Blaga) [x]
    • Urcǎm cǎtre zǎmile albastre (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Ioan Meițoiu) [x]
    • Ulciorul (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Lucian Blaga) [x]
    • Rugăciunea unui dac = Das Gebet eines Daken (Laura Ana Manzat) (Text: Mihai Eminescu) [x]
    • Biancãi si lui Remus (Laura Manolache) (Text: Miltiade Nenoiu) [x]
    • [No title] (Text: Ovid) [x]
    • ...sprijin al cerului... (Laura Manolache) (Text: Miltiade Nenoiu) [x]
    • Pui de fag şi de stejar = Buchen- und Eichensetzlinge (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Titel Constantinescu) [x]
    • Veselie (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Maria Banuș) [x]
    • Cântec de nuntă = Hochzeitslied (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Miron Radu Paraschivescu) [x]
    • Cântecul prieteniei = The song of friendship (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Mihai Beniuc) [x]
    • Jalba hoților = Petiton of the Thieves (Laura Manolache) (Text: Ion Luca Caragiale) [x]
    • Ponti Euxini (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Anonymous after Ovid) [x] ⊗
    • Sus la Murfatlar în vie = Oben bei Murfatlar im Weinberg (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Ion Bunea) [x]
    • Ţi-am lăsat primăvara în grijă = Ich habe dir den Frühling anvertraut (Laura Ana Manzat) (Text: Peter Sragher) [x]
    • Ulise (Laura Manolache) (Text: Lucian Blaga) [x]
    • Primăvara gândului (Laura Manolache) (Text: Nichita Stănescu) [x]
    • Im Sommer (Fritz Hoffmann) [x]
    • Verzagen (Fritz Hoffmann) [x]
    • Trandafiri de departe = Rosen aus der Ferne (Laura Ana Manzat) (Text: Daigaku Horiguchi) [x]
    • Translation: Blessed Peace  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Selige Ruhe (An deinem Herzen, fromme Maid))
    • Cascada cuvintelor = The Wordsfall (Laura Manolache) (Text: Nichita Stănescu) [x]
    • La celălalt capăt = At the other end (Laura Manolache) (Text: Otilia Valeria Coman , as Ana Blandiana) [x]
    • Zvon de primãvarã (Laura Manolache) (Text: Ilie Comãnița) [x]
    • Melancolie (Hilda Jerea) (Text: Lucian Blaga) [x]
    • Coline (Laura Manolache) [x]
    • Se pierd clipele... (Laura Manolache) (Text: Miltiade Nenoiu) [x]
    • Litere = Letters of the alphabet (Laura Manolache) (Text: Otilia Valeria Coman , as Ana Blandiana) [x]
    • Poveste = Fairy tale (Laura Manolache) (Text: Otilia Valeria Coman , as Ana Blandiana) [x]
    • Aminrirea unui ecou (Laura Manolache) (Text: Robert Șerban) [x]
    • A total of 48 settings were added.
    • A total of 30 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 30 texts were modified.
    • A total of 48 settings were modified.
    2026-04-01
    • Galgenlieder in der Nacht (Dora Cojocaru) (Text: Christian Morgenstern) [x]
    • Las trampas del tiempo (Cecilia Arditto) (Text: Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana , as Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor (Sister)) [x]
    • Cel mai scump cadou = Das teuerste Geschenk (Carmen Daniela) (Text: Carmen Daniela) [x]
    • Rugă luminii = Pray to the light (Elena Apostol) (Text: Camelia Jamalţ) [x]
    • Palabras (Cecilia Arditto) (Text: Anonymous)
    • Casi cerca (Cecilia Arditto)
    • Căutarea tonului = Die Suche nach dem Ton (Diana Dembinski-Vodă) (Text: Nichita Stănescu) [x]
    • Riga Crypto şi lapona Enigel (Dora Cojocaru) (Text: Ion Barbu)
    • [No title] (Text: Georgina E. Johnstone) [x]
    • femme couchée qui rêve (Carmen Maria Cârneci) (Text: Alberto Giacometti) [x]
    • Timpul (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Nichita Stănescu) *
    • Robaïates (Ana Giurgiu-Bondue) (Text: Hakim Omar Khayyám) [x]
    • Le Feu (Ana Giurgiu-Bondue) (Text: Jean Méttelus) [x]
    • Încă nu pot să înalț un imn liniștei (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Nichita Stănescu) *
    • Des Kriegers Rüstung (Ludwig Liebe, Wilhelm Sturm) (Text: Ludwig Liebe after Georgina E. Johnstone) ⊗
    • Canciones (Cecilia Arditto)
    • Muntii = The Mountains (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Ion Barbu)
    • Fabulă = Fable (Elena Apostol) (Text: Grigore Alexandrescu) [x]
    • [No title] (Carmen Daniela) (Text: Carmen Daniela) [x]*
    • Tristeţi descompuse = Decomposed griefs (Elena Apostol) (Text: Margaret Atwood) [x]*
    • Avem timp = We have time (Elena Apostol) (Text: Octavian Paler)
    • Translation: Though your heart is moved by suffering  ENG (after Heinrich Pfeil: Ob auch das Leid dein Herz bewegt)
    • Just Passing Through ... (Maia Ciobanu) (Text: Tudor Mihai Cazan) [x]
    • Translation: Then I had no further desire!  ENG (after Friedrich Heinrich Oser: Da hatt' ich keine Bitte mehr! (Da hatt' ich keine Bitte mehr))
    • L’ètranger (Cecilia Arditto) (Text: Albert Camus)
    • ... que des mots (Carmen Maria Cârneci) (Text: Annie Cohen) [x]*
    • Pastel (Hilda Jerea) (Text: George Bacovia)
    • Copacul (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Ion Barbu)
    • Fabulă muzicală = The musical fable (Elena Apostol) (Text: Aurel Baranga)
    • Păstrând intactă adormita spuză (Elena Apostol) (Text: George Topîrceanu)
    • Methamorphosen (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Nichita Stănescu) [x]
    • Oberon (Dora Cojocaru) (Text: Emil Botta) [x]
    • Elegii = Elegies (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Nichita Stănescu) *
    • Akrasia (Elena Apostol) (Text: Adrian Apostol) [x]
    • Lethe (Dora Cojocaru) [x]
    • Sérénade (Édouard Dreyfus Gonzales) (Text: Roger de Gontaut-Biron, Comte / Duc) [x]
    • Las ciudades y los signo (Cecilia Arditto)
    • Echilibrul polarităților = Meditation (Carmen Daniela) (Text: Dan Gogleaza) [x]
    • Romania (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Ioan Alexandru) [x]
    • Lava (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Ion Barbu)
    • Descindere (Dora Cojocaru) (Text: Emil Botta) [x]
    • Das Wort vom Zur-Tiefe-Gehn (Carmen Maria Cârneci) (Text: Paul Antschel , as Paul Celan)
    • Hieroglifa (Irina Hasnaș) (Text: Nichita Stănescu) *
    • Bei Tag (Carmen Maria Cârneci) (Text: Paul Antschel , as Paul Celan)
    • Uvedenrode (Diana Dembinski-Vodă) (Text: Ion Barbu)
    • Lyrique (Elena Apostol) (Text: Mihai Eminescu) [x]
    • Voice of Joy (Dana Probst) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
    • Translation: The soldier's armour  ENG (after Ludwig Liebe: Des Kriegers Rüstung (Die Mutter blickt den Jüngling an))
    • Cuarteto (Cecilia Arditto)
    • Coriştii în provinție = Chorsänger în der Provinz (Diana Dembinski-Vodă) (Text: Iorgu Caragiale) [x]
    • Cântând cu Ienăchiţă Văcărescu = Sing with Ienăchiță Văcărescu (Felicia Donceanu) (Text: Ienăchiță Văcărescu) [x]
    • Versuri (Elena Apostol) (Text: George Bacovia) [x]
    • [No title] (Text: Annette Elisabeth, Freiin von Droste-Hülshoff) [x]
    • A total of 59 settings were added.
    • A total of 53 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 39 texts were modified.
    • A total of 54 settings were modified.

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