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Eight early songs
Song Cycle by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945)
View original-language texts alone: Acht frühe Lieder
Aus des Abends weißen Wogen taucht ein Stern; [still]1 von fern kommt der [blasse]2 Mond gezogen. [Fern, ach fern]3 aus des Morgens grauen Wogen, langt der [stille]4 blasse Bogen nach dem Stern.
Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), no title, appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: Liebe, in Natur und Sehnsucht, no. 3, first published 1891
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Downward from afar", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Venant de loin", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Dypt fra det fjerne", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Webern: "tief"
2 Webern: "junge"
3 Webern: "Tief von fern,"
4 Webern: "große"
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
Out of the white billows of evening A star descends; Silently, from afar, The pale moon emerges. Afar, oh afar, In the gray billows of morning, Its pale, silent crescent remains After the star.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), no title, appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: Liebe, in Natur und Sehnsucht, no. 3, first published 1891
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Line count: 8
Word count: 34
Über unsre Liebe hängt eine tiefe Trauerweide. Nacht und Schatten um uns beide. Unsre Stirnen sind gesenkt. Wortlos sitzen wir im Dunkeln. Einstmals rauschte hier ein Strom, einstmals sahn wir Sterne funkeln. Ist denn Alles tot und trübe? Horch: -- ein ferner Mund -- vom Dom: Glockenchöre... Nacht ... und Liebe...
Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Aufblick"
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Prospect from above", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Regard vers le haut", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Blikk oppover", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Above our love A weeping willow bends deeply. Night and shadows surround us both; Our brows lowered. Wordlessly we sit in the darkness. Once a stream gushed here, Once we saw the flicker of stars. Is then everything dead and dismal? Hark: -- a distant voice -- from the cathedral: Choirs of bells … night … and love …
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Aufblick"
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Word count: 57
Der Strauß, den ich [gepflücket]1, [Grüße]2 dich viel tausendmal! Ich [habe]3 mich oft gebücket, Ach, wohl eintausendmal, Und ihn ans Herz gedrücket [Wie]4 hunderttausendmal!
Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Blumengruß", written 1810
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The bouquet that I have picked", copyright ©
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Floral greeting", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Salutation des fleurs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Catherine Beloin) , "Salut de fleurs", 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
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Saluto floreale", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Blomsterhilsen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Curschmann, Wolf, Zelter: "gepflückt"
2 Hiller: "Grüss' "
3 Graener, Hiller: "hab' "
4 Webern: "Viel"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
The bouquet that I gathered, Greets you a thousand times over! I have often stooped thus, Ah, indeed a thousand times, And clasped it to my heart, A hundred thousand times!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Blumengruß", written 1810
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Line count: 6
Word count: 31
Vom Wald umgeben Ein Blütenbaum - So lacht ins Leben Der Liebe Traum, Ihm nah verbunden Und fern zugleich, Bis er entschwunden Dem Zauberreich.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Bild der Liebe", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Stimmen und Gestalten
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Portrait of Love", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Image d'amour", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Kjærlighetsbilde", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Surrounded by the forest, A flowering tree – Thus, into life laughs The dream of love, Bound closely to it And, at the same time, distant, Until it dissipates In the realm of magic.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Bild der Liebe", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Stimmen und Gestalten
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Line count: 8
Word count: 34
Du Sommerabend! Heilig, goldnes Licht! In sanftem Glühen steht die Flur entzündet. Kein Laut, der dieses Friedens Lauschen bricht, in ein Gefühl ist alles hingemündet. Auch meine Seele sehnt sich nach der Nacht und nach des Dunkels taugeperltem Steigen und will nur lauschen, wie in Rosenpracht die dunklen Himmelsstunden leuchtend schweigen.
Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Weigand (1862 - 1949), "Sommerabend", appears in In der Frühe, in Im Übergang, Berlin: Georg Heinrich Meyer Heimatverlag, first published 1901
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , " 夏日傍晚", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Summer evening", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Soir d'été", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Sommerkveld", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Wilhelm Weigand, In der Frühe, Leipzig und Berlin: Georg Heinrich Meyer Heimatverlag, 1901, page 27. Appears in Im Übergang.
Research team for this page: Jeroen Scholten , Melanie Trumbull
Summer evening! Holy, golden light! In this gentle glow, the meadow is enkindled. No sound interrupts this idyllic peace, In a sense, everything has dissipated. My soul also longs for the night And for the dew-pearled advance of the darkness And I want purely to listen, in this rosy splendor, To the radiant stillness of the dark, heavenly hours.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Weigand (1862 - 1949), "Sommerabend", appears in In der Frühe, in Im Übergang, Berlin: Georg Heinrich Meyer Heimatverlag, first published 1901
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Word count: 59
Mein Herz ist wie ein See so weit, Drin lacht dein [Antlitz]1 sonnenlicht In tiefer süßer Einsamkeit, Wo leise Well' an Well' sich bricht. Ist's Nacht, ist's Tag? Ich weiß es nicht, Lacht doch auf mich so lieb und lind Dein [sonnenlichtes]2 [Angesicht]3 Und selig bin ich wie ein Kind.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), appears in Lieder, no. 1
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El meu cor és tan gran com un llac", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonheur", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Munter", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Gedichte und Sprüche von Friedrich Nietzsche,Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von C.G. Naumann, 1901, page 23.
1 Orff: "Auge"2 Thomas: "sonnenhelles"
3 Orff: "Augenlicht"
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My heart is like a sea so broad, In which the sunlight of your face laughs In deep, sweet solitude, Where wave breaks softly upon wave, Is it night? Is it day? I cannot tell; Smiling upon me so sweetly and soothingly, your sunlit face. And I am as blissful as a child.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), appears in Lieder, no. 1
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This is a translation of Webern's version.Translation of title "Heiter" = "Serene"
This text was added to the website: 2015-08-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 53
Ach, es ist so dunkel in des Todes Kammer, Tönt so traurig, wenn er sich bewegt Und nun aufhebt seinen schweren Hammer, Und die Stunde schlägt.
Authorship:
- by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Der Tod"
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- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Ah, it is so dark in Death's chamber", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Death", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mort", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Døden", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Matthias Claudius, Werke. Dritter Band. Vierte Auflage. ASMUS omnia sua SECUM portans, oder Sämmtliche Werke des Wandsbecker Bothen, Sechster Theil, Cannstatt, C. F. Richter, 1835, page 85.
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
Oh, it is so dark in the chamber of Death, Sounding so sorrowfully, when he stirs himself; Now he lifts his brutal hammer, And the hour tolls.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Der Tod"
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Word count: 27
In der Dämmerung, Um Glock' zwei, Glock' dreie, Trat ich aus der Tür In die Morgenweihe. Klanglos liegt der Weg, Und die Bäume schweigen, Und das Vogellied Schläft noch in den Zweigen. Hör ich hinter mir Sacht ein Fenster schließen? Will mein strömend Herz Übers Ufer fließen? Sieht mein Sehnen nur Blond und blaue Farben? Himmelsrot und Grün Samt den andern starben. Ihrer Augen Blau Küßt die Wölkchenherde, Und ihr blondes Haar Deckt die ganze Erde. Was die Nacht mir gab, Wird mich lang durchbeben; Meine Arme weit Fangen Lust und Leben. Eine Drossel weckt Plötzlich aus den Bäumen, Und der Tag erwacht Still aus Liebesträumen.
Authorship:
- by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909), appears in Bunte Beute
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- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "Going home in the early hours", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Rentrant tôt le matin", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "På tidlig hjemvei", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
In the half light, As the bell peals twice, thrice, I stepped through the door Into the solemnity of morning. The path wends silently, And the trees are hushed, And the song of the bird Slumbers still in the branches. Do I hear, behind me, A window gently closing? Will my rushing heart Course out of its banks? Can my yearning perceive only Blond and blue hues? Heavenly red and green Faded along with the others. The blue of her eyes Kisses a flock of tiny clouds, And her blond hair Blankets the entire earth. What the night has given to me, Will long suffuse me; My arms, spread wide, Embrace delight and life. A thrush calls (wakes) Suddenly from the trees, And the day rouses itself Quietly from its dreams of love.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909), appears in Bunte Beute
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Translation of title "Heimgang in der Frühe" = "Homeward in the morning"This text was added to the website: 2015-08-24
Line count: 28
Word count: 133