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Die laß mich hören, alte Töne, Die duften Erinnerungen: Vergangne Zeit, traurige, schöne, Silbern Meer, summende Heide, Rast und Traum auf ewigen Steinen, Vom Himmel umschlungen Wir beide, Fülle des Glücks, verhaltenes Weinen. Deine Küsse sind so: Süß wie einst, süßer als einst. Was du denkst, was du hoffst, was du weinst, Was in Jahren entfloh, Ungeküßter Küsse Glut, Ungestillter Sehnsucht Drang, Götterkraft, Jugendblut, Liebe das Leben lang Überglüht mich heiß, Überfließt mich ganz, Wie von den Bergen Weiß Des Mondes fließt, Fern ferner Sonnenglanz, Durch Nacht versüßt.
Confirmed with Ricarda Huch, Liebesgedichte, Wiesbaden: Insel-Verlag, 1952, page 49.
Text Authorship:
- by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), "Am Klavier", appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907 [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 Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Am Klavier", op. 26 no. 2 (1939), from Fünf Liebeslieder von Richarda Huch, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the piano", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au piano", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-08
Line count: 22
Word count: 88
Those let me hear, old sounds That bring forth the scent of memories: Past times, sad, beautiful, Silvery sea, humming heath, Rest and dream upon eternal rocks, Embraced by heaven We two, Plenitude of happiness, suppressed weeping. Your kisses are thus: Sweet as formerly, sweeter than formerly. What you think, what you hope, what you weep, What has flown over the years, The passion of unkissed kisses, The compulsion of unassuaged yearning, God-like power, young blood, Life-long love Pours upon me with fervour, Flows over me utterly, As from the mountains flows The white of the moon, Far, faraway radiance of the sun, Sweetened by night.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), "Am Klavier", appears in Neue Gedichte (Liebesgedichte), first published 1907
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-19
Line count: 22
Word count: 106