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Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!

by Hugo Wolf From Italienisches Liederbuch

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Text & Translation

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Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!
German source: Paul Heyse

Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!
Ein grünes Kleid will ich mir machen lassen.
Ein grünes Kleid trägt auch die Frühlingsaue,
Grün kleidet sich der Liebling meiner Augen.
In Grün sich kleiden ist der Jäger Brauch,
Ein grünes Kleid trägt mein Geliebter auch;
Das Grün steht allen Dingen lieblich an,
Aus Grün wächst jede schöne Frucht heran.

Blessed be green and whoever wears it!
English translation © Richard Stokes

Blessed be green and whoever wears it!
I shall have a green dress made.
The meadow in spring wears a green dress too.
And the darling of my eyes wears green.
Huntsmen are wont to dress in green,
My sweetheart too is clad in green;
All things look lovely in green,
Every lovely fruit grows from green.

Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!
German source: Paul Heyse

Blessed be green and whoever wears it!
English source: Richard Stokes

Gesegnet sei das Grün und wer es trägt!
Blessed be green and whoever wears it!
Ein grünes Kleid will ich mir machen lassen.
I shall have a green dress made.
Ein grünes Kleid trägt auch die Frühlingsaue,
The meadow in spring wears a green dress too.
Grün kleidet sich der Liebling meiner Augen.
And the darling of my eyes wears green.
In Grün sich kleiden ist der Jäger Brauch,
Huntsmen are wont to dress in green,
Ein grünes Kleid trägt mein Geliebter auch;
My sweetheart too is clad in green;
Das Grün steht allen Dingen lieblich an,
All things look lovely in green,
Aus Grün wächst jede schöne Frucht heran.
Every lovely fruit grows from green.

Composer

Hugo Wolf

Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was born on 13 March 1860, the fourth of six surviving children, in Windischgraz, Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was taught the piano and violin by his father at an early age and continued to study piano at the…

Poet

Paul Heyse

Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty…

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