Magic | I return home from the land of sunshine!

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Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zauber

Language: German (Deutsch) after the German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Ich kehre heim aus dem Sonnenland.
Ich bin den ganzen blühenden Tag
in eitel Schönheit gegangen;
nun fliegt's mir um Augen und Wangen
noch wie ein verträumter, seliger Schein.
Schau mir nicht so in die Augen hinein,
sonst nimmt er dich auch gefangen;
dann kommen wir nicht voneinander los,
wir seh'n uns an so sehnsuchtsgroß
und finden aus lachendem Märchenglück
den Weg nicht mehr ins Leben zurück.

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It is based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Warnung", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, no. 3
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Zauber", 1901, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, in the magazine Die Musikwoche [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Encís", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Magic", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-13
Line count: 11
Word count: 67

Magic

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I return home from the land of sunshine!
The whole blossoming day
I walked in utter beauty!
Now it still flies about my brow and cheeks 
Like a transfigured, blessed radiance.
Do not look into my eyes like that,
Otherwise [the radiance] shall ensnare you as well;
Then we shall never be free of one another,
And shall look at each other with such great yearning,
And from the laughing fairy-tale happiness we shall
Never again find our way back into life.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Not Applicable [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Warnung", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, no. 3
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2023-12-01
Line count: 11
Word count: 82