Wehmut

Ihr verblühet, süße Rosen,
Meine Liebe trug euch nicht;
Blühtet, ach! dem Hoffnungslosen,
Dem der Gram die Seele bricht!

Jener Tage denk' ich  trauernd,
Als ich, Engel, an dir hing,
Auf das erste Knöspchen lauernd
Früh zu meinem Garten ging;

Alle Blüten, alle Früchte
Noch zu deinen Füßen trug
Und vor deinem Angesichte
[Hoffnung in dem]1 Herzen schlug.

Der auf erste Knöspchen lauernd
früh zu seinem Garten ging,
ach der Tage denk ich trauernd,
als ich Engel an dir hing.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Wehmut", from Erwin und Elmire

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

by Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783-1846) , "Ihr verblühet suße Rosen", op. 4 (Vier Lieder) no. 3. [tenor or soprano and piano]
by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) , "Zur Rosenzeit", op. 48 (Seks sanger (Sechs Lieder)) no. 5 (1889), published 1889, stanzas 1-3.
by Philipp Christoph Kayser (1755-1823) , "Arie aus Erwin und Elmire", 1775, published 1777.
by Armin Knab (1881-1951) , "Wehmut", 1924-46 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von J. W. von Goethe, no. 5.
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933) , "Wehmut"
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Erwin", op. 7 no. 2.

by A. J. H. , "Depression", published 1876-1898 [voice and piano], from Ten songs, no. 9, London : Novello, Ewer; reprinted in Women composers: from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998

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FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

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Depression

Roses, ah, how fair ye be ! 
Ye are fading, dying ! 
Ye should with my lady be, 
On her bosom lying ; 

All your bloom is lost on me, 
Here despairing, sighing. 
Oh, the golden dreams I nursed, 
Ere I knew thy scorning, 

When I pour'd my passion first, 
And at break of morning, 
Pluck'd the rosebuds, ere they burst, 
For thy breast's adorning ! 

Every fruit and floweret rare, 
To thy feet I bore it, 
Fondly knelt, to see thee there, 
Bending fondly o'er it,

by Theodore Martin, Sir, KCB KCVO (1816-1909) , "Depression"

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Wehmut", from Erwin und Elmire FRE SPA

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

by A. J. H. , "Depression", published 1876-1898 [voice and piano], from Ten songs, no. 9, London : Novello, Ewer; reprinted in Women composers: from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998

Date added to the website: 2009-10-22.