Listen, do you hear upon the heath | Speak, do you hear the rushing runners

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by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sprich, hörst Du über der Haiden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

[Sprich]¹, hörst Du über der Haiden
Der sausenden Renner Gestampf?
Die Schwerter blinken und Scheiden,
Der Feldstaub wirbelt wie Dampf.

Du schmiegst Dich in zärtlichem Bangen
Verzagend an meine Brust --
Ich halte Dich schützend umfangen,
Du meiner Augen Lust!

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Confirmed with Fliegende Blätter, 96. Band (1892), Nro. 2447, pages 220-221.

¹ Sekles: "Horch", more changes may exist, not noted above.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), no title, appears in Liebestraum, no. 4 [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 Bernhard Sekles (1872 - 1934), "Horch, hörst du über der Haiden", published 1895 [ baritone and piano ], from Ein Liebesroman. Cyklus von 6 Gedichten von E. Eckstein für Bariton mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Listen, do you hear upon the heath", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

Listen, do you hear upon the heath

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

[Speak]¹, do you hear the rushing runners
Stamping upon the heath?
The swords and sheaths are gleaming,
The dust of the field swirls like mist.

In tender anxiousness you nestle up
To my breast despairingly --
I hold you in a protective embrace,
You, the delight of my eyes!

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¹ Sekles: "Listen", more changes may exist, not noted above.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), no title, appears in Liebestraum, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 50