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Morgennebel, Lila, Hüllen deinen Turm [um]1. Soll ich ihn zum Letztenmal nicht sehn! Doch mir schweben Tausend Bilder Seliger [Erinnerung]2 Heilig warm ums Herz. Wie er [so]3 stand, Zeuge meiner Wonne, Als zum erstenmal Du dem [Fremdling]4 Ängstlich liebevoll Begegnetest, Und mit einemmal Ewge Flammen In die Seel' ihm warfst. Zische, Nord, Tausend-schlangen-züngig Mir ums Haupt! Beugen sollst du's nicht! Beugen magst du Kind'scher Zweige Haupt, Von der Sonne Muttergegenwart geschieden. Allgegenwärt'ge Liebe! [Durchglühst]5 mich, [Beutst]6 dem Wetter die Stirn, Gefahren die Brust, Hast mir gegossen Ins früh welkende Herz Doppeltes Leben, Freude, zu leben, Und Mut!
1 Strauss: "ein"
2 Strauss: "Erinn'rung"
3 Strauss: "da"
4 Strauss: "Freundling"
5 Strauss: "Durchglühest"
6 Strauss: "Bötest"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Pilgers Morgenlied" [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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Pilgers Morgenlied", 1962 [ SMezATTBB chorus a cappella ], from Lieder, Oden und Szenen, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Pilgers Morgenlied", subtitle: "An Lila", op. 33 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó del matí del pelegrí", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ochtendlied van de pelgrim", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Pilgrim's morning song", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson matinale du pèlerin", subtitle: "À Lila", copyright © 2011, (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.
Line count: 34
Word count: 104
Morning mists, Lila, Wrap in your turret. Should I not be able to see it one last time! Ah, but thousand images of happy times are floating in my memory and warm my heart. Like when he stood there, witness to my pleasure, when right from the beginning you met the timid me with friendliness and all of a sudden threw into the soul eternal flames! Sizzle, Northwind, with a thousand tongues all around my head! It won't bow to you! You may bow, immature twigs, bereft of mother sun's shelter. All encompassing love! Glowing through me; You confront dangers head on, shy away from no fight; you have poured into my prematurely tired heart a renewed will to live: joy in life and confidence!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2005 by Linda Godry, (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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Pilgers Morgenlied"
This text was added to the website: 2005-02-02
Line count: 34
Word count: 125