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Tenor-Solo Ihr erstes Himmelshoffen schwand. Jetzt sank sie fern im heißen Land Auf Afrikas Gebirge nieder Und badete ihr matt Gefieder Im Quell des Nils, dessen Entstehn Kein Erdgeborner noch gesehn. Chor der Genien des Nils Hervor aus den Wässern geschwind Und sehet das holde, liebliche Kind! Eine Peri ist's, welch hold' Gesicht Doch stört sie nicht! Hört, wie sie singt, Hört, wie sie klagt! Hervor aus den Wässern geschwind usw. Stille! Still! Die Peri Ach Eden, ach Eden, wie sehnt sich nach dir Mein Herz! O wann öffnet die Pforte sich mir?
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878) [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), "Ihr erstes Himmelshoffen schwand", op. 50 no. 11 (1843), published 1844, from Das Paradies und die Peri, no. 11, Part II; Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La seva primera esperança d’entrar al cel s’esvaní", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Son premier espoir de ciel s'est évanoui", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La sua prima speranza di cielo è sfumata", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
Line count: 19
Word count: 94
Tenor Su primera esperanza del Cielo se desvanece. Ahora desciende lejos, a un cálido país cerca de los montes de África, y sumerge sus cansadas alas en la fuente del Nilo, cuyo origen ningún ser terrestre ha visto. Coro de los genios del Nilo ¡Salid pronto de las aguas y ved a la bella y amable niña! ¡Es una Peri, qué hermosa figura, pero no la asustéis! ¡Oíd cómo canta, oíd como se queja! ¡Salid pronto de las aguas… ¡Silencio, silencio! La Peri ¡Ay, Edén, Edén, cómo te anhela mi corazón! Oh, ¿cuándo se me abriran tus puertas?
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)
This text was added to the website: 2014-05-28
Line count: 19
Word count: 98