Allerseelen

Stell auf den Tisch die duftenden Reseden,
  Die letzten roten Astern trag herbei,
Und laß uns wieder von der Liebe reden,
    Wie einst im Mai.

Gib mir die Hand, daß ich sie heimlich drücke
  Und wenn man's sieht, mir ist es einerlei,
Gib mir nur einen deiner süßen Blicke,
    Wie einst im Mai.

Es blüht und [funkelt]1 heut auf jedem Grabe,
  Ein Tag im [Jahr ist ja den]2 Toten frei,
Komm an mein Herz, daß ich dich wieder habe,
    Wie einst im Mai.

by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812-1864) , "Allerseelen", from Letzte Blätter

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

by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835-1913) , "Allerseelen", op. 61 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5.
by Alexander von Fielitz (1860-1930) , "Allerseelen", op. 29 no. 2.
by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) , "Allerseelen", op. 85 no. 3.
by J. Pembauer , "Allerseelen", op. 33 no. 2.
by Willem Pijper (1894-1947) , "Allerseelen", 1914.
by Josef Stransky (1872-1936) , "Allerseelen"
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "Allerseelen", op. 10 (Acht Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter" von Hermann von Gilm) no. 8 (1882-3).
by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861-1907) , "Allerseelen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 189-?

ENG English (Emily Ezust)
DUT Dutch (Jelle Leistra)
SPA Spanish (Abel Alamillo Fernández)
ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato)
POR Portuguese (Alexandre Trovon)
ENG English [singable] (Peter Low)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

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

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All Souls' Day

 Place on the table the fragrant mignonettes,
 Bring inside the last red asters,
 and let us speak again of love,
 as once we did in May.

 Give me your hand, so that I can press it secretly;
 and if someone sees us, it's all the same to me.
 Just give me your sweet gaze,
 as once you did in May.

 Flowers adorn today each grave, sending off their fragrances;
 one day in the year are the dead free.
 Come close to my heart, so that I can have you again,
 as once I did in May.

Translation from German to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, emily (AT) lieder (DOT) net, http://www.lieder.net/

a text in German by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812-1864) , "Allerseelen", from Letzte Blätter DUT POR ITA FRE SPA

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