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Five Love Songs by Ricarda Huch
Song Cycle by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944)
View original-language texts alone: Fünf Liebeslieder von Richarda Huch
Wo hast du all die Schönheit hergenommen, Du Liebesangesicht, du Wohlgestalt! Um dich ist alle Welt zu kurz gekommen. Weil du die Jugend hast, wird alles alt, Weil du das Leben hast, muß alles sterben, Weil du die Kraft hast, ist die Welt kein Hort, Weil du vollkommen bist, ist sie ein Scherben, Weil du der Himmel bist, gibt's keinen dort!
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- by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907
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- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Où as-tu puisé toute cette beauté", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Ricarda Huch, Liebesgedichte, Insel-Verlag zu Leipzig, Druck der Spamerschen Buchdruckerei, Leipzig, 1907, page 5.
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
Where did you gather up all your beauty, you face of love, you vision of well-being! Compared to you, the whole world falls short. Because you have youth, all else is old, because you have life, all else must die, because you have power, the world is not my refuge, because you are complete, it is a fragment, because you are Heaven, there is none up there!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by John Glenn Paton, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Translation of title "Wo hast du all die Schönheit hergenommen" = "Where did you gather up all your beauty"This text was added to the website: 2017-01-04
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Die laß mich hören, alte Töne, Die duften Erinnerungen: Vergangne Zeit, traurige, schöne, Silbern Meer, summende Heide, Rast und Traum auf ewigen Steinen, Vom Himmel umschlungen Wir beide, Fülle des Glücks, verhaltenes Weinen. Dein Küsse sind so: Süß wie einst, süßer als einst. Was du denkst, was du hoffst, was du weinst, Was in Jahren entfloh, Ungeküßter Küsse Glut, Ungestillter Sehnsucht Drang, Götterkraft, Jugendblut, Liebe das Leben lang Überglüht mich heiß, Überfließt mich ganz, Wie von den Bergen Weiß Des Mondes fließt, Fern ferner Sonnenglanz, Durch Nacht versüßt.
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- by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), "Am Klavier", appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the piano", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au piano", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Ricarda Huch, Liebesgedichte, Wiesbaden: Insel-Verlag, 1952, page 49.
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Those let me hear, old sounds That bring forth the scent of memories: Past times, sad, beautiful, Silvery sea, humming heath, Rest and dream upon eternal rocks, Embraced by heaven We two, Plenitude of happiness, suppressed weeping. Your kisses are thus: Sweet as formerly, sweeter than formerly. What you think, what you hope, what you weep, What has flown over the years, The passion of unkissed kisses, The compulsion of unassuaged yearning, God-like power, young blood, Life-long love Pours upon me with fervour, Flows over me utterly, As from the mountains flows The white of the moon, Far, faraway radiance of the sun, Sweetened by night.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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O Brausen des Meers und Stimme des Sturms Und Irren im Nebelschwarm! In Hafens Ruhe, im Schutze des Turms, Wie eng und arm. Ich will kein Kissen mir unters Haupt, Kein Schreiten auf Teppichen weich; Hat mir der Sturm auch die Segel geraubt, Da war ich reich! O herrliche Fahrt im Windeshauch Hinauf und hinab und zurück! Nur kämpfend, und unterlieg ich auch, Ist Leben Glück.
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- by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), "Sturmlied", appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Storm song", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson de tempête", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Ricarda Huch, Liebesgedichte, Insel-Verlag zu Leipzig, Druck der Spamerschen Buchdruckerei, Leipzig, 1907, page 16.
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Oh roaring of the sea and voice of the storm And straying in the swarm of fog! In the peace of the harbour, in the protection of the tower, How narrow and needy. I want no pillow under my head, No striding upon soft carpets; Even if the storm stole my sails, There I was rich! Oh glorious ride in the breath of the wind Upward and downward and back! Only while fighting, and though I may be vanquished, Is life happy.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Wenn je ein Schönes mir zu bilden glückte, Wars, weil ich hingegeben deinem Wesen, Mit meiner Seele mich in dich verzückte, Und, wie der Winzer nach dem Traubenlesen Erglüht und schwankt in Purpurgeist gebadet, Wie Kranke, die nach tiefem Schlaf genesen, Wie ein Geliebter, den ein Gott sich ladet, Ihm teilt an goldnem Tisch des Nektars Blüte, -- Zurück mir kam mit Harmonie begnadet, Lebendigen Feuers Wogen im Gemüte.
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- by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "If ever I was fortunate enough to create something beautiful", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Ricarda Huch, Liebesgedichte, Wiesbaden: Insel-Verlag, 1952, page 35.
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
If ever I was fortunate enough to create something beautiful, It was because I surrendered myself to your being, Because I enraptured myself in you with my soul, And, like the vintner after harvesting the grapes Comes aglow and totters, bathed in crimson spirit, Like the sick who, after deep sleep, become well, Like a beloved, whom a god invites, [And] shares with him the blossom of nectar at a golden table, There returned to me, blessed with harmony, The surging of living fire in my spirit.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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O schöne Hand, Kelch, dessen Duft Musik, Wie Töne schweben geht der, den du führst, Melodisch wird der Stein, den du berührst, Wenn sie dich einhüllt, wird die Luft Musik. Du tust dich auf, um Wohllaut zu verschwenden, Der ordnet, was Gewalt und Wahn verwirrten, Und Seelen, die auf Erden sich verirrten, Hinüberlockt, wo Wunsch und Zweifel enden. O Hand, Gebieterin der Töne, bleib Auf diesem Herzen ruhen, das ruhlos schwingt, So wandelst du in Frieden sein Verlangen. Dämonische, berühre diesen Leib, Er bebt wie Saiten, wird ein Meer und klingt Und rauscht empor, die Sonne zu empfangen.
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- by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh beautiful hand, chalice, whose scent is music", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Ricarda Huch, Liebesgedichte, Wiesbaden: Insel-Verlag, 1952, page 50.
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Oh beautiful hand, chalice, whose scent is music, As tones waft, walks he whom you lead[;] The stone that you touch becomes melodious, When it envelops you, the very air becomes music. You open to lavish harmony that orders That which has been confused by violence and madness, And entices souls that became lost on earth To the place where wishes and doubts come to an end. Oh hand, ruler of tones, Remain resting upon this heart that vibrates restlessly, Thus shall you transform its yearning into peace. Demonic one, touch this body, It trembles like strings, becomes an ocean and sounds And rushes upward to receive the sun.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-27
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Word count: 109