Wehmut
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Darf ich einer Blume still
Heut ins Auge sehen,
Wie ein heimlich Grüßen will
Mir's entgegenwehen.
Schau ich nun ins Land hinaus,
Will's mich fast berücken,
Daß ich säh ein Antlitz draus
Herzlich auf mich blicken.
Wenn dann Lerchensänge weit
Durch den Himmel schwimmen,
Hör ich aus der Ewigkeit
Jubeln liebe Stimmen.
Confirmed with Ferdinand Avenarius, Stimmen und Bilder. Neuere Gedichte, Neunte, verbesserte und stark vermehrte Auflage, München: Georg D. W. Callwey, [1911], page 45
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Melancholy", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mélancolie", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2009-09-07
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Word count: 52
Melancholy
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
When today I am permitted
To gaze into the eyes of a flower,
Like a secret greeting
It wafts toward me.
When I gaze now out into the land,
I am almost beguiled into thinking
That from [the land] I see a face
Looking upon me affectionately.
Then when the songs of the larks
Float from afar through the sky,
From out of eternity I hear
Beloved voices rejoicing.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 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: 2017-12-08
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