The spirits of the desert | Hui! How wildly the burning clouds of dust

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by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849)

Translation © by John H. Campbell, W. Kommer

Die Geister der Wüste

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Alle.
 Hui! wie die Wolke
 Von Staub und Brand
 So wild sich stürzet
 [Auf's]¹ dürre Land!

Erster.
 [Auf der Oasis]²
 Heult' ich und lag,
 [Konnt']³ sie nicht dörren
 Den langen Tag.

Zweiter.
 Mich trug der Wirbel
 Vorbei die Fluth;
 Ich schlürft' und schlürfte, 
 Und blieb doch Gluth.

Dritter.
 Mir dörrt die Hitze 
 Den heisern Schlund,
 Nur Blut mag kühlen
 Den heißen Mund.

Alle.
 Drum laßt uns wirbeln
 Zum staub'gen Pfad,
 Wo matt erlechzend
 Der Wandrer naht.

 [Den]⁴ heißen Odem
 Er schlürft ihn ein,
 Sein [starrend]⁵ Blut mag
 Uns Kühlung seyn.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Loewe

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¹ Loewe: "auf das"
² Loewe: "Hui! Auf der Oasis lag ich,"
³ Loewe: "Und konnt'"
⁴ Leowe: "Hui! Den"
⁵ Loewe: "starres"

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), "Die Geister der Wüste", appears in Bilder des Orients, first published 1833 [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Die Geister der Wüste", op. 10 (Wanderbilder aus Arabien), Heft 1 no. 1 (1833), published 1834 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John H. Campbell) (W. Kommer) , "The spirits of the desert", copyright ©, (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: 29
Word count: 95

The spirits of the desert

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Hui! How wildly the burning clouds of dust
 assaults this arid land!
 Hui! On the oasis I lay, I howled and lay,
 And it does not abate the day long.
 
 The whirlwind drew me to the waters,
 I lapped and lapped and the thirst remained.
 The heat dries my hoarse throat,
 Only blood can cool the hot mouth.
 
 For that reason let us turn to the dusty path,
 Where the traveler nears weakened by thirst.
 Hui! With hot breath, he drinks noisily,
 His strong blood may cool us!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), "Die Geister der Wüste", appears in Bilder des Orients, first published 1833
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 89