[Warum so spät erst, Georgine?]1 Das Rosenmärchen ist erzählt Und honigsatt hat sich die Biene Ihr Bett zum Schlummer [schon gewählt]2. Sind nicht zu kalt dir diese Nächte? Wie [lebst du diese]3 Tage hin? Wenn ich dir jetzt den Frühling brächte, Du feuergelbe Träumerin. Wenn ich mit Maithau dich benetzte, [Begösse dich mit Juni-Licht]4? Doch ach, dann wärst du nicht die Letzte, Die [stolze Einzige]5 auch nicht. Wie, Träumerin, lock' ich vergebens? So reich' mir schwesterlich die Hand, Ich hab' den [Frühling]6 dieses Lebens Wie du den [Maitag]7 nicht gekannt. Und spät, wie dir, du feuergelbe, Stahl sich die Liebe [mir in's]8 Herz; Ob spät, ob früh, es ist dasselbe Entzücken [und]9 derselbe Schmerz.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann von Gilm, Erster Band, Wien: Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1864, pages 247-248.
1 Goldmark: "Du kommst so spät, o Georgine"2 Goldmark, Strauss: "ausgewählt"
3 Goldmark: "bringst du deine"
4 Goldmark: "Gar mild ist Junis Sommerlicht"
5 Goldmark: "letzte Träumerin"
6 Strauss: "Maitag"
7 Strauss: "Frühling"
8 Goldmark: "in mein"
9 omitted by Goldmark
Authorship:
- by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Die Georgine", appears in Die letzten Blätter [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 Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Die Georgine", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "An die Georgine", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1889) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Riedel (1847 - 1913), "Die Georgine", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Die Georgine", op. 10 (Acht Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter" von Hermann von Gilm) no. 4 [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
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "The Georgina"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La giorgina", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 114
Wherefore so late, say, sweet Georgina? The rose's fairy-tales are told; And honey-fed, long since the bee's flown To sleep and dream 'neath cells of gold. Are not the nights now cold and dreary? How do you spend each lonely hour? Shall I recall sweet springtime merry, Thou fiery-yellow, dreaming flow'r; Or shall with may-dew [sic] I refresh thee, Or warm thee with the sun of June? But then thou wert not autumn's glory, Thou wouldst have blush'd and died too soon! Wake, dreamer! is't useless calling? Canst thou not sooth my heart so sore? I did not know this life's sweet springtime, Nor thou its joys till they were o'er. Though late as thine autumnal blossom I tasted love, I'll not complain: "Be't late or early, 'tis the same fond rejoicing, 'Tis the same sweet pain!"
Authorship:
- Singable translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912), "The Georgina" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Die Georgine", appears in Die letzten Blätter
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 137