Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden

Einst [wollt']1 ich einen Kranz dir winden
Und konnte keine Blumen finden!
Jetzt find ich Blumen fern und nah,
Ach! aber du bist nicht mehr da!

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¹ Liszt: "wollte"

Authorship

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819-1892) , no title, from Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 1. Lieder der Liebe, in 1. Vorklänge, no. 4

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

by Ingeborg (Starck) Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840-1913) , "Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden", op. 12 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 3. [voice and piano]
by William Humphreys Dayas (1863-1903) , "Einst wollt' ich einen Kranz dir winden", op. 10 (Stimmungsbilder) no. 3, published 1895. [voice and piano]
by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Einst", S. 332 (1878), published 1879. [voice and piano]

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Margarida Moreno) , "Outrora", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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