Wozu noch, Mädchen, soll es frommen

Wozu noch, Mädchen, soll es frommen,
daß du vor mir Verstellung übst?
Heiß froh das neue Glück willkommen,
und sag es offen, daß du liebst!

An deines Busens höherm Schwellen,
dem Wangenrot, das kommt und geht,
ward dein Geheimnis von den Quellen,
den Blumengeistern längst erspäht;

die Wogen murmeln's in den Grotten,
es flüstert's leis der Abendwind,
wo du vorbeigehst, hörst du's spotten:
Wir wissen es seit langem, Kind!

Authorship

by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815-1894) , title unknown, from Lotosblätter

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

by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "Wozu noch, Mädchen, soll es frommen", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder aus "Lotosblätter" von Aldolf Friedrich Graf von Schack) no. 1.

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "What's the use, maiden", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Say, wherefore vainly wouldst dissemble?", published 1897
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

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