by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894)
Wozu noch, Mädchen, soll es frommen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wozu noch, Mädchen, soll es frommen, Daß du vor mir Verstellung übst? Heiß froh das neue Glück willkommen Und sag es offen, daß du liebst! An deines Busens höherm Schwellen, Dem Wangenrot, das kommt und geht, Ward dein Geheimnis von den Quellen, Den Blumengeistern längst erspäht. Die Wogen murmelns in den Grotten, Es flüsterts leis der Abendwind, Wo du vorbeigehst, hörst dus spotten: Wir wissen es seit lange, Kind!
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Confirmed with Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Gesammelte Werke, Vierter Band, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1883, page 76.
Text Authorship:
- by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), no title, appears in Lotosblätter, in 4. Verwehte Blätter, no. 33 [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Wozu noch, Mädchen, soll es frommen", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder aus "Lotosblätter" von Aldolf Friedrich Graf von Schack) no. 1, published 1888 [ high voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "De què t’hauria de servir encara, noia", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Waartoe nog, meisje, moet het dienen", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "What's the use, maiden", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Say wherefore vainly . . .", first published 1897
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À quoi te servent encore, jeune fille", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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