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O Himmelblau, o Himmelblau, Hab' dich so oft gesehn -- Was sagst du mir heut zum ersten Mal, Wie du wunder-, wunderschön? O [Vögel all]1, ihr Vögelein, Ich lauscht euch doch so oft -- Was sagt ihr mir heut zum ersten Mal, Was ihr träumt und sehnt und hofft? [O Gotteswelt, schöne]2 Gotteswelt, Wie traut erschienst du mir -- Was sagst du mir heut zum ersten Mal, Daß ich ein Teil von dir?
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Ferdinand Avenarius, Wandern und Werden. Erste Gedichte, Zweite, neugestaltete Auflage, Florenz und Leipzig: bei Eugen Diederichs, 1898, page 31.
1 Umlauft: "Vögelein"2 Umlauft: "Du wunderschöne"
Text Authorship:
- by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Liebe", appears in Wandern und Werden, in Blätter vom Meer [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 Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Liebeserwachen", op. 22 no. 4, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz: C.A. Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2022-10-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 73
Oh blue of heaven, oh blue of heaven, I have seen you so often -- Why are you telling me today for the first time How wondrously, wondrously beautiful you are? Oh [all ye birds], ye birdlets, I have listened to you so often -- Why are you telling me today for the first time What you dream and yearn for and hope for? [Oh God's world, beautiful]2 God's world, How familiar you seemed to me -- Why are you telling me today for the first time That I am a part of you?
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View text without footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Liebe" = "Love"
"Liebeserwachen" = "Love's awakening"
2 Umlauft: "You wondrously beautiful"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Liebe", appears in Wandern und Werden, in Blätter vom Meer
This text was added to the website: 2022-10-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 92