Rückschau und Aufblick
Language: German (Deutsch)
Zu Linz an der Donau, da bin ich gebor'n,
dort bin ich als zullendes Kind aufzog'n word'n.
Zur Freud' von mein' Mutterl, da hab' ich ganz stad
das Liederl schon nachg'summt, mit dem s' mi eing'heiderlt hat:
„I bitt', Herr Hauptmann, bitt recht schön,
o lassen S' mich auf Urlaub geh'n,
auf Urlaub gang i gar so gern,
auf Urlaub gang i gern!“
Das zweite Mal ward ich zu Wien dann gebor'n,
wo als Komponistin entdeckt ich bin word'n.
Vom Liszt dann empfing ich den Weihekuss;
die Arbeit, die ward mir fortan zum Genuss.
Der Bruckner, mein Lehrer, sagt, alles vergeht,
der Kontrapunkt, Kinderl, alleinig besteht.
Das Lehrgeld, das war nicht ganz umsunst
bei meinen Meistern der Kunst!
Durch d' Musi, da hab' ich viel Liebes erfahr'n,
dass 's Herz mir is warm blieb'n in allen den Jahr'n:
D'rum dank' ich recht schön euch, und auf d' letzt' will ich lob'n
und bitten den himmlischen Hauptmann dort ob'n:
„I bitt' dich, Herrgott, bitt recht schön,
lass mich noch nicht auf Urlaub geh'n,
die Arbeit hat mich nie noch g'reut,
zum Urlaub hat's noch Zeit!“
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- ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "Review and Outlook", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Review and Outlook
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I was born in Linz upon the Danube,
where I was brought up as a suckling baby.
My mother was happy when I could hum the melody
of the song with which she put me to sleep:
"Please, captain, please,
let me go on vacation,
I'd like to go on holiday so much,
I'd really like to leave."
My second birth was in Vienna,
where they discovered that I was a composer.
The kiss of ordination I got from Liszt,
and from then on, musical work was a real enjoyment for me.
Bruckner, my teacher, says that everything passes away,
only Counterpoint, my child, has persistance.
The fee I paid for tuition, it was not spent in vain
with my masters of the art!
Music told me a lot of dear things,
so that my heart has stayed warm all these years.
For that I am grateful and shall praise
the captain there in heaven, and ask him:
"Please, captain, please,
don't let me go on vacation yet!
My work has never repented me so far;
there is still time to go on holiday later!"
Note: the composition is dated "3. Dez. 1927", which was the composer's 50th birthday.
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