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Warm die Lüfte, es sprießt Gras auf sonnigen Wiesen. Horch!-- Horch, es flötet die Nachtigall... Ich will singen: Droben hoch im düstern Bergforst, es schmilzt und [sickert]1 kalter Schnee, ein Mädchen im grauen Kleide lehnt am feuchten Eichstamm, krank sind ihre zarten Wangen, die grauen Augen fiebern durch Düsterriesenstämme. "Er kommt noch nicht. Er läßt mich warten"... Stirb! Der Eine stirbt, daneben der Andere lebt: Das macht die Welt so tiefschön.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Alfred Mombert, Dichtungen, Gedicht-Werke, ed. Elisabeth Herberg, Erster Band, München: Kösel-Verlag von J. Hörning, 1963, pages 108-109
1 one source gives "glitzert"Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk, no. 72 [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Warm die Lüfte", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4 (1910) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "Warm the breezes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'air est doux", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Tiepide brezze", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 72
Tiepide brezze, germoglia l'erba sui prati assolati. Ascolta! Ascolta, l'usignolo col suo canto flautato... Voglio cantare anch'io: Là sopra, sul monte, nella oscura selva, mentre la fredda neve si discioglie, una fanciulla vestita di grigio, al tronco umido di una quercia si appoggia, è sofferente il suo tenero viso, e febbrile lo sguardo dei suoi occhi grigi che vaga attraverso tronchi cupi e giganteschi. "Egli ancora non viene, e mi fa aspettare..." Tu muori! L'uno muore, mentre l'altro vive: questo fa il mondo così intensamente bello.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk, no. 72
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 86