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Nun [stehn]1 die Rosen in Blüte, Da wirft die [Lieb']2 ein Netzlein aus. Du schwanker, loser Falter, Du hilfst dir nimmer heraus! Und wenn ich wäre gefangen In dieser [jungen]3 Rosenzeit, Und wär's die Haft der Liebe, Ich müßte vergehen vor Leid. Ich mag nicht [sehnen und]4 sorgen; Durch blühende Wälder schweift mein Lauf. Die [luft'gen]5 Lieder fliegen Bis in die Wipfel hinauf.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Der Jungbrunnen. Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, Berlin, Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1850, page 6.
1 Grimm, Schumann: "stehen"2 Schumann: "Liebe"
3 Grimm: "schönen"
4 Schumann: "sehen und" (typo?) ; Grimm: "sehnen, nicht"
5 Schumann: "lustigen" (typo?)
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von der guten Seele, first published 1850 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Vier Lieder aus dem Jungbrunnen I", op. 44 (Zwölf Lieder und Romanzen für Frauenchor a capella oder mit willk. Pianofortebegleitung) no. 7 (1859-60?), published 1867 [ SSAA chorus a cappella or with piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Otto Grimm (1827 - 1903), "Nun steh'n die Rosen in Blüthe", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Gund (1865 - 1927), "Rosenzeit", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Erstes Liederheft. 3 Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Wien, Berté & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Frühlingslust", op. 20 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Rosenzeit", op. 22 no. 1 (1864), published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge von Paul Heyse, no. 1, Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Rosenzeit", op. 13 (Acht Gesänge und Lieder für Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Frühlingslust", op. 125 no. 2 (1850), published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Heitere Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 2, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Clemens Seidel , "Frühlingslust", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1876 [ tenor and piano ], Plauen, Hohmann [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Robert Kahn, Georg Schumann.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Now the roses are blooming", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ted Perry , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
Now the roses are blooming, love throws its nets, you tumbling, fickle butterfly you will never get free again. And if I were caught in this time of young roses, and if it were the captivity of love, I would fade away in misery. I don't want to look ahead or have a care; through blooming woods do I course, gay songs fly up to the treetops.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2004 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von der guten Seele, first published 1850
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 67