by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
Grausame Frühlingssonne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Grausame Frühlingssonne, Du weckst mich vor der Zeit, Dem nur in Maienwonne Die zarte Kost gedeiht! Ist nicht ein liebes Mädchen hier, Das auf der Rosenlippe mir Ein Tröpfchen Honig beut, So muß ich jämmerlich vergehn Und wird der Mai mich nimmer sehn In meinem gelben Kleid.
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Note: "Citronenfalter" is an older spelling of "Zitronenfalter"Text Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Citronenfalter im April", first published 1873 [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 Thomas Hennig (b. 1964), "Zitronenfalter im April", 1992/3 [ soprano and piano ], from Neun kurze Lieder nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Zitronenfalter im April", 1984 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Zitronenfalter im April", op. 41 no. 1, published 1906, from Frühlings- und Liebeslieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Citronenfalter im April", alternate title: "Zitronenfalter im April" [ voice and piano ], from Mörike-Lieder, no. 18 [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 (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Piéride en avril", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sole crudele di primavera", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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