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Am Bach viel kleine Blumen stehn, Aus hellen blauen Augen sehn; Der Bach der ist des Müllers Freund, Und hellblau Liebchens Auge scheint, Drum sind es meine Blumen. Dicht unter ihrem Fensterlein Da [pflanz' ich meine]1 Blumen ein, Da ruft ihr zu, wenn Alles schweigt, Wenn sich ihr Haupt zum Schlummer neigt, Ihr wißt ja, was ich meine. Und wenn sie thät die Äuglein zu, Und schläft in süßer, süßer Ruh', Dann lispelt als ein Traumgesicht Ihr zu: Vergiß, vergiß mein nicht! Das ist es, was ich meine. Und schließt sie früh die Laden auf, Dann schaut mit Liebesblick hinauf: Der Thau in euren Äugelein, Das sollen meine Thränen sein, Die will ich auf euch weinen.
J. Lang sets stanza 1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 23-24; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 24-25.
First published with the title Meine Blumen in Frauentaschenbuch für das Jahr 1818 von de la Motte Fouqué. Nürnberg, bei Joh. Leonh. Schrag, pages 346-347; and also in a slightly different version in Der Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz. Herausgegeben von F. W. Gubitz. Zweiter Jahrgang. Berlin, 1818. In der Maurerschen Buchhandlung. Montag den 25. Mai. 83stes Blatt, page 329.
1 Müller (1821 edition), and Schubert: "will ich pflanzen die"Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Des Müllers Blumen", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 11, first published 1818 [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 (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Müllers Blumen", op. 11 no. 2, published 1818, from Gesänge aus einem gesellschaftlichen Liederspiele "Die schöne Müllerin", no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Dames (b. 1815), "Des Müllers Blumen", op. 1 (Sechs deutsche Lieder für Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Stackebrandt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Des Müllers Blumen", 1823 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Am Bach viel kleine Blumen stehn", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated, incomplete [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Des Müllers Blumen", op. 182 no. 5 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Einfache deutsches Lieder für Mezzosopran, no. 5, Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Des Müllers Blumen", op. 25 no. 9, D 795 no. 9 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Heinrich Stuckenschmidt (1819 - 1870), "Des Müllers Blumen", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1855 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les flors del moliner", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De bloemen van de molenaar", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Myllärin kukat", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les fleurs du meunier", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "I fiori del mugnaio", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "물방아꾼의 꽃", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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By the brook, many small flowers stand; Out of bright blue eyes they look; The brook - it is the miller's friend, - And light blue shine my darling's eyes; Therefore, these are my flowers. Right under her little window, There will I plant these flowers, There will you call to her when everything is quiet, When her head leans to slumber, You know what I intend you to say! And when she closes her little eyes, And sleeps in sweet sweet rest, Then whisper, like a dreamy vision: Forget, forget me not! That is what I mean. And early in the morning, when she opens up the shutters, Then look up with a loving gaze: The dew in your little eyes Shall be my tears, Which I will shed upon you.
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Translation of title "Des Müllers Blumen" = "The miller's flowers"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Des Müllers Blumen", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 11, first published 1818
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 130