by
Thelyma Nelly Helene Branco (1818 - 1894), as Dilia Helena
Das Glockenspiel (Vorspiel)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Das Glockenspiel der Fantasie
Hat Zauber, hat die Harmonie.
Es singt der Seele ihr Geleit
Umschmeichelnd von Unsterblichkeit.
Indes verstand die rohe Welt
In schwerem Lauf der Schläge fällt.
Sie band den Menschen an das Gold
Und spricht nur von Vergänglichkeit.
Das Glockenspiel der Fantasie
Hat Zauber, hat die Harmonie
Es singt der Seele ihr Geleit
Umschmeichelnd von Unsterblichkeit.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) (W. Kommer) , "The chimes", 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: 12
Word count: 59
The chimes
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
The chimes of our imagination
Has its magic, has harmony.
It sings its accompaniment to our soul
And tells us about immortality.
In the meantime the crude world
falls in mid-run, in one heavy stroke.
The world bound man to the gold
And speaks only from transience.
The chimes of our imagination
Has its magic, has harmony.
It sings its accompaniment to our soul
And tells us about immortality.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by John H. Campbell and W. Kommer, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70