At the river bank | When I see this place at the river bank

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by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882) and by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858)

Translation © by Anja Bunzel

Am Ufer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Erblick' ich dort am Ufer jene Stelle,
So dringt es bis an’s Herz mir warm und helle;
Ein Liebeshauch weht über allen Lüften,
Ein Liebesruf hallt wieder aus den Klüften.
Mit dir einst stand ich unter diesen Bäumen,
In ihre Wipfel auf stieg unser Träumen;
Und tönet nun wie Aeolsharfenlieder 
Harmonisch säuselnd aus den Blättern wieder.

Die Bäume werden stolz noch aufwärts streben,
Wenn längst zu Staub gesunken unser Leben.
Mit jedem Lenzgeweckten jungen Triebe,
Leis’ rauschen sie die Botschaft unsrer Liebe.
Dass stürmender in weicher Dämmerstunde,
Der Mund des Knaben häng’ an Liebchens Munde
Und heilig weihend ihre Brust durchfluten
Verscholl’nen Sängerpaars verschwieg’ne Gluten.

Text Authorship:

by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858) [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 Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Am Ufer", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1843 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anja Bunzel) , "At the river bank", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Anja Bunzel

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 105

At the river bank

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When I see this place at the river bank,
My heart feels warm and bright;
The breeze of love is blowing everywhere,
A call of love echoes through the air.
I stood under these trees with you one time,
Our dreams climbed up their tops;
Now, they sound back from the leaves,
Whispering harmoniously like Aeolian harp songs.

Proudly, the trees will grow into the air,
When our lives have long turned into dust.
The saplings will whisper the message
Of our love every spring time.
May the boy and the girl kiss each other
In soft dawning hours,
May the silent songs of the long forgotten 
Singing couple flood through their hearts.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882) and by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 113