Calm, sultry air | Calm, sultry air

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Kyle Gee

Unbewegte laue Luft

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE

Unbewegte laue Luft,
Tiefe Ruhe der Natur;
Durch die stille Gartennacht
Plätschert die Fontäne nur.
Aber im Gemüte schwillt
Heißere Begierde mir,
Aber in der Ader quillt
Leben und verlangt nach Leben.
Sollten nicht auch deine Brust
Sehnlichere Wünsche heben?
Sollte meiner Seele Ruf
Nicht die deine tief durchbeben?
Leise mit dem Ätherfuß
Säume nicht, daherzuschweben!
Komm, o komm, damit wir uns
Himmlische Genüge geben!

Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Frauenbilder und Huldigungen, in Adele, no. 11, first published 1853 [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Unbewegte laue Luft", op. 57 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 8 (<<1871), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Aire tebi i encalmat", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Onbeweeglijk lauwe lucht", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Motionless, tepid air", copyright ©
ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "Calm, sultry air", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Air calme et tiède", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 65

Calm, sultry air

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Calm, sultry air,
Nature deeply at rest;
The splashing fountain is all that is heard
through this still night in the garden.
But there are intensely burning desires
swelling within my very soul,
Life and a longing for life
surge through every vein.
Shouldn't passionate desires
be lifting your breast as well? 
Shouldn't the plea of my soul
quake deeply through yours? 
No longer delay in softly gliding
over to me on your sublime feet!
Come, oh come so we can
give each other divine satisfaction!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Frauenbilder und Huldigungen, in Adele, no. 11, first published 1853
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 86