Wakened | How blissfully happy it made me

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by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Erwacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Wie selig [hat mich's]¹ gemacht,
Daß unsere Wege sich trafen. 
Nun lieg' ich in der Nacht 
Und kann nicht schlafen.

  O, welche Liebe war 
In meinem Herzen verborgen 
Und wartete Jahr für Jahr 
Auf ihren Morgen. 

  Da kam ihr Tag und Licht,
Und sie erwachte. 
Du, dein süßes Gesicht --
Wie selig mich's machte!

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Confirmed with Gustav Falke, Mit dem Leben. Neue Gedichte, Hamburg: Alfred Janssen, 1899, page 73.

¹ Wetz: "hat's mich"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Erwacht", 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 Hendrik Andriessen (1892 - 1981), "Erwacht", from Zwei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Wetz (1875 - 1935), "Erwacht", op. 28 (Fünf Gesänge für mittlere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Wakened", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Wakened

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  How blissfully happy it made me
That our paths crossed.
Now I lie there in the night
And cannot sleep.

  Oh, what love was
Concealed within my heart
And waited year after year
For its dawning.

  Now its day and light have come
And it wakened.
You, your sweet face --
How blissfully happy it has made me!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Erwacht", appears in Mit dem Leben. Neue Gedichte, in Eine Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2021-04-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 58