Harpe éolienne | Son mystérieux

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by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Äolsharfe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Geheimnißvoller 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 Einsamkeit]¹!
So [ziehen]² über [Fluthen]³ Schwäne,
So [wiegt in Träume]⁴ [der]⁵ Seligkeit
Die schmerzenstillenden Thräne.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Reger • A. Sandberger

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann Lingg, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1869, page 130.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the word "Äolsharfe" becomes "Aeolsharfe", but as can be seen in how "über" becomes "Ueber" when capitalized, this is due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, so we use "Äolsharfe". Note as well that modern German would change some spellings including "Geheimnißvoller" -> "Geheimnisvoller", "Fluthen" -> "Fluten", "Thräne" -> "Träne", etc.

¹ Reger: "Trösterin der Einsamkeit"
² Reger: "zieh'n"
³ Sandberger: "die Fluthen"
⁴ Sandberger: "liegt im Traume"
⁵ Reger: "die"

Text Authorship:

by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Äolsharfe", appears in Gedichte, in Eine Idylle in Liedern [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Äolsharfe", op. 75 (Achtzehn Gesänge) no. 11 (1903) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adolf Sandberger (1864 - 1943), "Äolsharfe", op. 14 (Drei Lieder nach Dichtungen von Hermann Lingg für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Donderwinkel , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 56

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.

Text Authorship:

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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Äolsharfe", appears in Gedichte, in Eine Idylle in Liedern
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 59