H432

Morgengruß (1)

This song—originally titled “Komm” (“Come”)—is one of Fanny Hensel’s works for a cappella SATB choir, included as the fourth of six songs in her Gartenlieder, opus 3, which were the only choral compositions she ever published. This work was composed in 1846 and is based on text by Wilhelm Hensel.

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HenselPushers edition notes:

• This work appears in MA Ms. 49.

• This work was published in late 1846 in Gartenlieder, op.3.

• This piece is not to be confused with H433 Morgengruß (2), another poem by Wilhelm Hensel with the same title but different text.

Text:

Schnell fliehen die Schatten der Nacht,
hell blühen die Matten in Pracht,
hoch rauschet der Wald in dem Glanze,
still lauschet ihm heimlich die Pflanze
im blütenverklärenden Tauen,
wie selig, den Morgen zu schauen.

Was fehlt noch dem goldenen Raum?
Komm, Liebchen, erfülle den Traum,
mein Lied tönt in wonnigem Rauschen,
o komm, wie die Blume zu lauschen,
es will dich mein liebendes Sehnen
betauen mit seligen Tränen.