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Hörst du den Vogel singen? Siehst du den Blütenbaum? Herz! kann dich das nicht bringen Aus deinem bangen Traum? Was hör' ich? alte Laute Wehmüt'ger Jünglingsbrust Der Zeit, als ich vertraute Der Welt und ihrer Lust. Die Tage sind vergangen, Mich heilt kein Kraut der Flur; Und aus dem Traum, dem bangen, Weckt mich ein Engel nur.
Confirmed with: Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 69
Text Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Alte Laute", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Alte Laute", op. 35 no. 12 (1840), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, no. 12, Leipzig, Klemm
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Veus antigues", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Oude klanken", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Old sounds", copyright ©
- ESP Esperanto (Manfred Retzlaff) , "Malnovaj sonoj", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Anciennes voix", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Sean-ghlórtha", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Vecchio liuto", copyright © 2006, (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.
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Sents cantar l’ocell? Veus l’arbre florit? Cor! No pot això fer-te sortir del teu neguitós somni? Què sento? Veus antigues d’un melangiós, jove cor, del temps quan jo confiava en el món i en els seus plaers. Aquells dies han passat, ja no em guareix cap herba del camp i d’aquest somni de neguit, sols un àngel em desperta.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2014 by Salvador Pila, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Alte Laute", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 59