Ida's wish | Rise aloft, you my wishes

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by Helene Loewe (1833 - 1871)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Idas Wunsch

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Steigt empor, ihr Wünsche mein,
Die das Herz hegt tief und rein,
Dringt empor und saget's laut,
Wie ihr auf Erfüllung baut.

Eine Gabe wünsch ich mir,
Die der Liebe Schönheit hier
Ausspricht in des Silbers Glanz
Gleich der Liebe Blütenkranz.

Möcht es euch so gerne reichen,
So ein lichtes Silberzeichen;
Kindeslieb' erfleht es rein,
Spricht dann leis': "Gedenkt auch mein!"

Text Authorship:

by Helene Loewe (1833 - 1871) [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Idas Wunsch", 1850-60 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ida's wish", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Shackleton

This text was added to the website: 2005-07-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

Ida's wish

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Rise aloft, you my wishes
That my heart cherishes profoundly and purely,
Strive upward and declare loudly
How you bank on being fulfilled.
 
One gift I wish for myself,
Namely that the beauty of love
May here be uttered in the radiance of silver
Like the flowery wreath of love.
 
I would so gladly like to pass it to you,
Such a bright silvery sign;
Purely, it pleads for a child’s love,
Then quietly says: "Remember me as well!"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Helene Loewe (1833 - 1871)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 79