by
Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius
Die Ros' ist ohn warumb / sie blühet...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Die Ros' ist ohn warumb / sie blühet weil sie blühet /
Sie achtt nicht jhrer selbst / fragt nicht ob man sie sihet.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Ohne warumb", first performed 2012 [four-part chorus a cappella], from nicht Ichts -- nicht Nichts : Ten monodistichs by Angelus Silesius for four voices, no. 1. [
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- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Die Ros' ist ohn' Warum", op. 64 no. 2 (1995) [five-part mixed chorus (s-mez-a-t-bar), flute (+ bass drum), viola, tenor-hammered dulcimer (+ claves), natural horn and contrabass-tuba], from Chor-Fantasie, no. 2. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Palmer) , title 1: "Without why", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-05
Line count: 2
Word count: 24
Without why
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
The rose is without why / it flowers because it flowers /
It pays no heed to itself / does not ask if it is seen.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius, no title
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-05
Line count: 2
Word count: 26