Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
Viel blühende Blumen hervor,
Und meine Seufzer werden
Ein Nachtigallenchor.
Viel blühende Blumen hervor,
Und meine Seufzer werden
Ein Nachtigallenchor.
From my tears spring up
many blossoming flowers,
and my sighs become
a choir of nightingales.
many blossoming flowers,
and my sighs become
a choir of nightingales.
Und wenn du mich lieb hast, Kindchen,
Schenk' ich dir die Blumen all',
Und vor deinem Fenster soll klingen
Das Lied der Nachtigall.
Schenk' ich dir die Blumen all',
Und vor deinem Fenster soll klingen
Das Lied der Nachtigall.
And if you love me, little one,
I shall give you all the flowers,
and before your window shall sound
the song of the nightingale.
I shall give you all the flowers,
and before your window shall sound
the song of the nightingale.
About the song. The second song of Dichterliebe, barely a minute long. Heine turns the lover's tears into flowers and his sighs into a choir of nightingales; Schumann keeps it tender and simple, and the piano ends on the same unresolved question that opened the cycle. 'Kindchen' is an affectionate 'little one', not a child.
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