Remembrance | I was a young girl upon the leas of my homeland

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by Franz (Seraphicus) Grillparzer (1791 - 1872)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Erinnerung

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Bin ein Mägdlein gewesen auf heimlicher Flur,
Mein Denken, mein Fühlen, galt dir, o Natur!
Nun hält mich gefangen ein liebender Blick,
Doch die Ruhe der Heimat war auch schon ein Glück.

Text Authorship:

by Franz (Seraphicus) Grillparzer (1791 - 1872) [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by Josephine Fröhlich (1803 - 1878), "Erinnerung" [ voice and piano ], unpublished, confirmed with the manuscript in Huldigung der Tonsetzer Wiens an Ihre Majestät die allerdurchlauchtigste Frau Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Kaiserin von Österreich, Königin von Ungarn und Böhmen etc. Überreicht von der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des österreichischen Kaiserstaates 1854 held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Remembrance", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Remembrance

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I was a young girl upon the leas of my homeland,
My pondering, my feelings were for you, oh Nature!
Now I am held captive by a loving glance,
But the peace of my homeland was already a happiness [to me].

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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-10
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Word count: 41