O gib mir nicht die [volle]1 Rose,
Die man nur Glückserkornen [reicht;]2
Mir ziemt die [kühle]3 Herbstzeitlose,
Die auf dem Grab des Sommer [bleicht]4.

Sie spricht von tiefem Heimverlangen
Und kündet, daß auf immerdar
Ein Glück an uns vorbeigegangen,
Das unbeschreiblich selig war.

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Confirmed with Der Freiherr – Regulus – Der Heiland der Tiere, Drei Novellen von Prinz Emil von Schönaich-Carolath, G.J. Göschen’sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig, 1907, page 59.

¹ Marx: "voll erblühte"
² Marx: "gibt,"
³ Marx: "matte"
⁴ Marx: "blüht"

Text Authorship:

• by Emil Rudolf Osman, Prinz von Schönaich-Carolath (1852 - 1908), no title, appears in Der Freiherr [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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Herbstzeitlose", 1909, published 1912 [medium voice, piano], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.20 [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Meadow saffron", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Colchique", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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