Sechs Lieder nach angelsächsischen Dichtern

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Song Cycle by Harald Genzmer (1909 - 2007)

1. Liebestod

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Komm herbei, komm herbei, Tod
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2. Nachts bei Amalfi  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich frug hinauf in die Sterne, 
Was ich dem Liebsten soll schenken, 
Sie sandten als Antwort 
Schweigen, 
Ihr Schweigen herab.  

Ich frug die verdunkelte See, 
Fern, wo die Segel ziehn fort  --  
Sie schickte als Antwort 
Schweigen, 
Ihr Schweigen von dort. 

O dürfte ich Tränen ihm bringen, 
Oder ihm senden Gesang  --  
Wie kann ich Schweigen verschenken 
Mein ganzes Leben lang?

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Confirmed with Georg von der Vring, Englisch Horn: Anthologie angelsächsischer Lyrik von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1953, page 212.


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3. Lied  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lass es sein vergessen, wie eine Blume vergessen, 
Vergessen wie ein Feuer, das golden gewallt, 
Lass es sein vergessen für immer und immer, 
Die Zeit ist gut Freund uns, sie macht uns alt.  

Wenn irgendwer fragt, so sag, es sei vergessen  
Schon lang und schon eh, 
Wie die Blume, wie's Feuer, wie die Spur eines Kniefalls 
in einem lange vergangenen Schnee.

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Confirmed with Georg von der Vring, Englisch Horn: Anthologie angelsächsischer Lyrik von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1953, page 213.


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4. Einklang

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Horch! Horch, in der wehenden Nacht, im bebenden Turm
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5. Auf Morfydd

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Ein Wort in den Winden, ein Wort auf den Wassern
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6. Acht kleine Hunde

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Die kleinen Hunde öffneten die Augen
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8. Der du von dem Himmel bist  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der du [von dem Himmel]1 bist,
[Alles Leid]2 und Schmerzen [stillest]3,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest]4,
Ach ich bin des Treibens müde!
[Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]5
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!

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

  • AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wanderer's night song", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
  • ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "O thou who from heaven art", first published 1911
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur I", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , "Tu ch'i ti vèns dal paradìs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante II", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "La cancion nocturna del caminante", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.

First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.

Notes
Line 1: Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after the first word (likely a typo)
Line 8: Backer-Grøndahl's score has a typo in word 5 ("meiner" instead of "meine")

1 Kirchner: "von den Himmeln"; Hiller, Milcke: "vom Himmel" (further changes may exist not shown above)
2 Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
3 Schubert: "stillst"
4 Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
5 Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim and J. Marx: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"

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Total word count: 168