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Wie das Meer ist die Liebe: unerschöpflich, unergründlich, unermeßlich: Woge zu Woge stürzend gehoben, Woge [in]1 Woge wachsend verschlungen, sturm-und-wetter-[geberdig]2 nun, sonneselig nun, willig nun dem Mond die unaufhaltsame Fläche — doch in der Tiefe stetes [Walten ewiger]3 Ruhe, ungestört, [undurchdringbar]4 dem irdischen Blick, starr verdämmernd in gläsernes Dunkel — und in der Weite stetes [Wirken]5 ewiger Regung, ungestillt, [unentwirrbar]6 dem irdischen Blick, [wild]7 verschwimmend im Licht der Lüfte: [Aufrausch]8 der Unendlichkeit ist das Meer, ist die Liebe.
Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Berlin, S. Fischer Verlag, 1913, pages 71-72.
1 Mahler: "von"2 Mahler: "gewaltig"
3 Mahler: "wirken ewige"
4 Mahler: "unentwirrbar"
5 Mahler, Novák: "Schweben"
6 Mahler: "unabsehbar"
7 Mahler: "mild"
8 Mahler, Novák: "Aufklang"
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Lobgesang" [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 Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964), "Lobgesang", published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (1870 - 1949), "Lobgesang", op. 46 no. 1, published 1912, from Erotikon, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "Song of praise", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de louange", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 86
L'amour est comme l'océan, Inépuisable, insondable, immense : Vague sur vague, tombant et montant, Vague sur vague, élevant et engloutissant, Maintenant mû par la tempête et le temps, Maintenant béni par le soleil, obéissant à la lune, La surface sans relâche, Pourtant dans les profondeurs, se trouve Un silence éternel, paisible, Inaccessible à la vue terrestre, Immobile, condamné à l'obscurité de verre Et flottant constamment au loin Un mouvement éternel, non apaisé, Non mesurable par un œil terrestre, Doucement estompé dans la lumière de l'atmosphère, Un écho de l'infini Est l'océan, est l'amour.
Note: this is a translation of Alma Mahler's version.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Lobgesang"
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-14
Line count: 26
Word count: 92