- Year of composition: "9 Juillet" [1885] (according to Sånger bd 2 [Songs, vol. 2]), "Hamburg 1885" (according to Songs, vol. 6; see below)
- Work category: Voice and piano
- Text author: Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
- Dedication: "à M. Théodore Björksten" (according to Sånger bd 2 [Songs, vol. 2])
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
- Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
- Possible call no. and autograph comment: Ivar Hallström's archive, Sånger bd 2 + bd 6 [Songs vol. 2 + vol. 6]
Description of work
Andantino non troppo lento ma ben declamato D major 6/8
Work comment
This song is included in the "Hamburger scribble in June and July, 1885 by an Elisenbrunnen [Aachen, Germany] and Ludwigsbrunnen [probably referring to Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany] drinker" (according to Songs, vol. 2)
Libretto/text
La tombe dit à la rose:
"des pleurs, dont l'aube t'arrose,
que fais-tu, fleur des amours?"