Du bist wie eine Blume (You are like a flower), WAB 64, is a song, which Anton Bruckner composed in 1861.
On request of his friend Alois Weinwurm, Bruckner composed the song for the opening concert of the Liedertafel Sängerbund.
[1] The piece was performed 10 days later under Bruckner's baton in the Redoutensaal of Linz by four soloists: Hermine and Wilhelmine Ritter, Heinrich Knoll and Ferdinand Hummel.
Mir ist, als ob ich die Hände Aufs Haupt dir legen sollt', Betend, dass Gott dich erhalte So rein und schön und hold.
You are like a flower, So lovely, fair and pure; I gaze at you and wistful Melancholy slips into my heart.