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Wenn die Winde sacht Um dein Fenster gehn, Stimmen in der Nacht Von den Hügeln weh'n, Hoher Firnenkranz, Um den See gereiht, Seinen reinen Glanz Deinen Tagen leiht, Oder still und mild Wie ein fromm Gebet, Deiner Heimat Bild Durch dein Träumen geht -- Spürst den Atemzug Meiner Liebe du? Sehnsucht lenkt den Flug Deinem Herzen zu. Und kein Lüftchen schwebt Über Berg und Thal, Drin ein Hauch nicht lebt Ihrer Lust und Qual. Tausendfach ins All Breitet sie sich aus, Rollt im Donnerhall Nächtens um dein Haus. Wenn im Flammenschein Aus dem Schlaf du schrickst, Und die Kammer dein Ganz voll Licht erblickst, Liebe ist's, die wacht, Sehnsucht, die so brennt Und laut in der Nacht Deinen Namen nennt.
Confirmed with Gustav Falke, Mit dem Leben. Neue Gedichte, Hamburg: Alfred Janssen, 1899, pages 93-94.
Text Authorship:
- by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Allgegenwärtig", appears in Mit dem Leben. Neue Gedichte, in Eine Liebe [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 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Allgegenwärtig" [ high voice and piano ], MS at H. K. Schmid-Archiv, Landau an der Isar [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Omnipresent", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-04
Line count: 32
Word count: 120
When the winds gently Blow about your window, [When] voices in the night Waft over from the hills, [When] A lofty wreath of firn Gathered round the lake, Lends its pure radiance To your days, Or [when] quietly and mildly Like a pious prayer, The image of your homeland Passes through your dreaming -- Do you feel the breath Of my love? Yearning directs its flight Toward your heart. And no breeze wafts Over mountain and valley, In which there does not reside A breath of [my love's] joy and agony. A thousandfold into the universe It spreads, In the sounding of thunder It resounds around your house at night. When in the radiance of flames You are startled out of sleep, And see that your chamber Is completely full of light, It is love that is keeping watch, Yearning that burns so, And loudly in the night Calls your name.
Translator's note to stanza 2, line 1: "firn" is a type of granular snow.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Allgegenwärtig", appears in Mit dem Leben. Neue Gedichte, in Eine Liebe
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-04
Line count: 32
Word count: 151