by
Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905)
Aeolsharfe
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT FRE
Geheimnisvoller Klang,
Für Geister der Luft besaitet,
Von keines Menschen Gesang,
Von Stürmen nur begleitet.
In deinen Tiefen sind
Die Melodien der Sterne, --
So ruft ein weinend Kind
Der Mutter in die Ferne.
Laute der Trösterin der Einsamkeit!
So [ziehen]1 über Fluten Schwäne,
So wiegt in Träume [der]2 Seligkeit
Die schmerzenstillenden Thräne.
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1 Reger: "zieh'n"
2 in some editions of Reger: "die" (typo?)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Arpa eòlica", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , " Harpe éolienne", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 52
Harpe éolienne
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Son mystérieux,
Frappé par les esprits de l'air,
Accompagné d'aucun chant humain,
Seulement par les tempêtes.
Dans tes profondeurs sont
Les mélodies des étoiles --
Ainsi un enfant qui pleure appelle
Sa mère au loin.
Sons qui réconfortent notre solitude !
Ainsi les cygnes vont sur les flots,
Ainsi dans les rêves la félicité berce
Pour apaiser les larmes du chagrin.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (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: 2016-07-03
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Word count: 60