Des Müllers Blumen

Am Bach viel kleine Blumen stehn,
Aus hellen blauen Augen sehn;
Der Bach, der ist des Müllers Freund,
Und hellblau Liebchens Auge scheint,
Drum sind es meine Blumen.

Dicht unter ihrem Fensterlein,
[Da pflanz' ich meine Blumen ein]1,
Da ruft ihr zu, wenn alles schweigt,
Wenn sich ihr Haupt zum Schlummer neigt,
Ihr wißt ja, was ich meine.

Und wenn sie tät die Äuglein zu
Und schläft in süßer, süßer Ruh,
Dann lispelt als ein Traumgesicht
Ihr zu: Vergiß, vergiß mein nicht!
Das ist es, was ich meine.

Und schließt sie früh die Laden auf,
Dann schaut mit Liebesblick hinauf:
Der Tau in euren Äugelein,
Das sollen meine Tränen sein,
Die will ich auf euch weinen.

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¹ Schubert: "Da will ich pflanzen die Blumen ein"

Authorship

by Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827) , "Des Müllers Blumen", from Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 11

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Ludwig Berger (1777-1839) , "Müllers Blumen", op. 11 no. 2, published 1818, from Gesänge aus einem gesellschaftlichen Liederspiele "Die schöne Müllerin", no. 2.
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Des Müllers Blumen", 1823.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Des Müllers Blumen", op. 25 no. 9, D. 795 no. 9 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 9.

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The miller's flowers", copyright ©
SPA Spanish (Pilar Lirio) (Uta Weber) , "Las flores del molinero", copyright © 1997, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De bloemen van de molenaar", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "I fiori del mugnaio", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "Les fleurs du meunier", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Salvador Pila) , "Les flors del moliner", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
KOR Korean [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "물방아꾼의 꽃", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Erkki Pullinen) , "Myllärin kukat", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The miller's flowers

 By the brook, many small flowers stand;
 Out of bright blue eyes they look;
 The brook - it is the miller's friend, -
 And light blue shine my darling's eyes;
 therefor, these are my flowers.

 Right under her little window,
 There will I plant these flowers,
 There will you call to her when everything is quiet,
 When her head leans to slumber,
 You know what I intend you to say!

 And when she closes her little eyes,
 And sleeps in sweet sweet rest,
 Then whisper, like a dreamy vision:
 Forget, forget me not!
 That is what I mean.

 And early in the morning, when she opens the shutters up,
 then look up with a loving gaze:
 The dew in your little eyes
 shall be my tears,
 which I will shed upon you.

Authorship

Translation from German to English copyright © by Emily Ezust,

a text in German by Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827) , "Des Müllers Blumen", from Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 11 DUT CAT ITA FRE FIN SPA KOR

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.