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by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Wonnen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich möchte einmal so betauet sein
Wie dieser Anger in erwachter Frühe,
So selbsterstaunend hell betauet sein.

Ich möchte einmal so erwärmet sein,
Wie dieser Stein in stiller Mittagssonne,
So gleich und tief und ganz erwärmet sein.

Ich möchte einmal so gestreichelt sein,
Wie dieser Baum von linden Abendwinden,
Durch so viel Blätter so gestreichelt sein.

Ich möchte einmal so getränket sein,
Wie dieses Waldtal unterm Regenbogen,
So mit geweihtem Naß getränket sein.

Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue Gedichte, Gotha: Leopold Klotz Verlag, 1928, page 26.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Wonnen", appears in Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue Gedichte [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 Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Wonnen", op. 65 no. 6, published 1948, from Ehrler-Zyklus II, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Joys", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-04-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

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