[Hör]1 es klagt die Flöte wieder Und die kühlen [Brunnen]2 rauschen, Golden wehn die Töne nieder, Stille, [stille]3, laß uns lauschen! Holdes Bitten, mild Verlangen, [Wie es süß zum Herzen spricht]4! Durch die Nacht die mich umfangen, Blickt zu mir der Töne Licht.
Serenade for baritone and 8 instruments
Song Cycle by René Leibowitz (1913 - 1972)
1. Hör es klagt die Flöte wieder  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1802, appears in Lustige Musikanten, first published 1803
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Avondserenade", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Evening serenade", copyright © 2005
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Helga Jost-Weyer) , "Serenata", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Brandts-Buys: "Horch"
2 Louis Ferdinand: "Bronnen"
3 omitted by Brandts-Buys.
4 Brandts-Buys: "Wie so süß zum Herzen es spricht!"
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2. An Luise Hensel  [sung text checked 1 time]
Dein Lied erklang, es war kein Ton vergebens, Der ganze Frühling, der von Liebe haucht, Hat, als du sangest, nieder sich getaucht, Im sehnsuchtsvollen Strome meines Lebens, Im Sonnenuntergang, Als mir dein Lied erklang!
Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), written 1812, appears in Aloys und Imelde
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La teva cançó sonà", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "When your song rang out to me", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ton chant a retentit, je l'ai entendu", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Note: in editions of Brentano's poetry published after about 1900, the first line has "gehöret" and the fourth line has "bekehret".
1 in another version by Brentano: "die Nacht hat's hingetragen"Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
3. Hälfte des Lebens  [sung text not yet checked]
Mit gelben Birnen hänget Und voll mit wilden Rosen Das Land in den See, Ihr holden Schwäne, Und trunken von Küssen [Tunkt]1 [ihr das Haupt Ins heilignüchterne Wasser.]2 Weh mir, wo nehm' ich, wenn Es Winter ist, die Blumen, und wo Den Sonnenschein, Und Schatten der Erde? Die Mauern [stehn]3 Sprachlos und kalt, im Winde Klirren die Fahnen.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Hälfte des Lebens", appears in Gedichte 1800-1804, in Nachtgesänge
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La meitat de la vida", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The middle of life", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le milieu de la vie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Mi-temps de la vie", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Leath an tSaoil", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Müller: "Taucht"; omitted by Ligeti
2 omitted by Ligeti
3 Cerha: "stehen"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]