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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Die Nachtigall, als ich sie fragte
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Die Nachtigall, als ich sie fragte
Warum sie nicht mehr singe, sagte:
Ich singe nur, wenn süß bewegt
Mein Herz voll Drang nach Liebe schlägt:
Seit ich, was ich gesucht, gefunden,
Ist Sehnsucht und Gesang [verschwunden]1:
Doch wenn aufs neu Jasmin und Flieder
Im Garten blüh'n, dann sing' ich wieder.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Goldmark 

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Confirmed with Aus dem Nachlasse des Mirza-Schaffy. Neues Liederbuch von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Sechzehnte Auflage, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1891, page 79.

1 Goldmark: "geschwunden"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 4. Cypressen und Rosen, no. 5 [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 Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "Die Nachtigall, als ich sie fragte", op. 34 (Vier Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte. -- für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Die Nachtigall, als ich sie fragte", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], London : Joseph Williams [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The nightingale, when I asked it", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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