When I first saw you | When I first saw you

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by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Als ich dich zuerst gesehen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Als ich Dich zuerst gesehen, 
[Wähnt']¹ ich, wieder jung zu sein, 
Frühlingslüfte fühlt' ich wehen 
Und im Herzen Sonnenschein; 

Jener Freude hört' ich's schlagen, 
Die so tief ich sonst empfand, 
Wenn nach langen Wintertagen 
Ich das erste Veilchen fand.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• P. Umlauft

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Confirmed with Albert Traeger, Gedichte, Achte, neuvermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Ernst Keil, 1871, page 170.

¹ Umlauft: "Glaubt' "

Text Authorship:

by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912), "Als ich Dich zuerst gesehen", appears in Gedichte, in Kleinigkeiten [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 Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Als ich dich zuerst gesehen", op. 22 no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz: C.A. Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When I first saw you", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-09
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When I first saw you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When I first saw you, 
I [imagined]¹ I was young again,
I felt springtime breezes blowing
And sunshine in my heart;

I heard it throbbing toward that joy --
The joy that I once felt so deeply
When after long winter days
I found the first violet.

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¹ Umlauft: "believed"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912), "Als ich Dich zuerst gesehen", appears in Gedichte, in Kleinigkeiten
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-31
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Word count: 47