What is ‑‑ "Paradise"
Language: English
What is -- "Paradise" --
Who live there --
Are they "Farmers" --
Do they "hoe" --
Do they know that this is "Amherst" --
And that I -- am coming -- too --
Do they wear "new shoes" -- in "Eden" --
Is it always pleasant -- there --
Won't they scold us -- when we're homesick --
Or tell God -- how cross we are --
You are sure there's such a person
As "a Father" -- in the sky --
So if I get lost -- there -- ever --
Or do what the Nurse calls "die" --
I shan't walk the "Jasper" -- barefoot --
Ransomed folks -- won't laugh at me --
Maybe -- "Eden" a'n't so lonesome
As New England used to be!
Translation(s): GER
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Note provided by Bertram Kottmann for line 3-5: cf. Revelation 21:18
Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Juliana Hall , "What is ‑‑ "Paradise"", 1999, first performed 2001 [soprano and piano], from Paradise - 7 songs for Soprano and Piano, no. 6. [ sung text not verified ]
- by Brian Holmes (b. 1946), "What is -- "Paradise"" [soprano, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra], from Amherst Requiem, no. 5. [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website: 2008-06-18.
Last modified: 2017-06-23 14:33:28
Line count: 18
Word count: 101
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Was ist ‑ „Paradies“
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Was ist - „Paradies“ -
wer lebt dort -
sind es „Bauern“ -
„hacken“ sie -
wissen sie etwas von „Amherst“
und dass ich - auch - kommen werd -
trägt man „neue Schuh“ in „Eden“ -
ist es stets erfreulich - dort -
schilt man uns ob unsres Heimwehs -
petzt man unsern Groll dem Herrn -
Du bist sicher, dass im Himmel
jemand namens „Vater“ ist -
Sollt ich mich dort je verirren -
oder tun, was „sterben“ heißt -,
ich nicht barfuß stoß an „Jaspis“
von Erlösten ausgelacht -
„Eden“ ist wohl nicht so einsam
wie Neuenland es einst war.
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Translator's note for line 3-5: vgl. Offb 21,18
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Based on- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Juliana Hall, Brian Holmes. Go to the text.
Text added to the website: 2017-06-23.
Last modified: 2017-06-23 14:32:58
Line count: 18
Word count: 103
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