Two Songs

Song Cycle by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965)

Translated to:

German (Deutsch) — Zwei Lieder (Bertram Kottmann)

1. Sunset
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
The hour of ruin is begun
In glimmer of the western tide.
The golden lava of the sun
Floods down the cloudy mountainside
 
And brings a death of fire and pain
Those ancient cities have not known
Who perished underneath a rain
Of hissing rock and molten stone.
 
Death coursing with a swift delight
Shall overtake me as I stand
Before the coming of the light
Upon the burning western land.

Text Authorship:

  • by Catherine Riegger , copyright © by Catherine Riegger, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Endzeit", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: T. P. (Peter) Perrin

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2. Rest
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Anchor your flight, o winging birds,
To summer's many-nested trees;
And stars, throw down your silver cords
That bind you deeply to the seas.
 
There may be then one low-built shore
Where our unquiet minds find rest,
Such as the star knows in the deep
And the sleeping bird in the nest.

Text Authorship:

  • by Catherine Riegger , copyright © by Catherine Riegger, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ruh'", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: T. P. (Peter) Perrin

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