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English translations of Sex Sange for een Syngestemme, opus 2

by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820 - 1901)

1. Lied aus der Ferne
 (Sung text)
by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820 - 1901), "Lied aus der Ferne", op. 2 (Sex Sange for een Syngestemme) no. 6, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Kjobenhavn, Lose & Olsen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wann in des Abends letztem Scheine
  Dir eine lächelnde Gestalt,
Am Rasensitz im Eichenhaine,
  Mit Wink und Gruß vorüberwallt:
Das ist des Freundes treuer Geist,
Der Freud' und Frieden dir verheißt.

Wann in des Mondes Dämmerlichte
  Sich deiner Liebe Traum verschönt,
Durch Cytisus und Weymuthsfichte
  Melodisches Gesäusel tönt,
Und Ahndung dir den Busen hebt:
Das ist mein Geist der dich umschwebt.

Fühlst du, beim seligen Verlieren
  In des Vergangnen Zauberland,
Ein lindes, geistiges Berühren,
  Wie Zephyrs Kuß, an Lipp' und Hand,
Und wankt der Kerze flatternd Licht:
Das ist mein Geist, o zweifle nicht!

Hörst du, beim Silberglanz der Sterne,
  Leis' im verschwiegnen Kämmerlein,
Gleich Aeolsharfen aus der Ferne,
  Das Bundeswort: Auf ewig dein!
Dann schlummre sanft; es ist mein Geist,
Der Freud' und Frieden dir verheißt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Lied aus der Ferne", written 1792-93, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794), first published 1794

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First published in Musen-Almanach für 1794, herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß, Hamburg, bey C.E.Bohn, pages 86-87.

by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)
1. Song from far away
Language: English 
 When in the last glow of evening
 a smiling figure passes you
 at the grassy oak grove
 with a wave and greeting:
 it is the dear spirit of your friend,
 promising you joy and peace.
 
 When by the twilight light of the moon
 you embellish love's dream,
 through Cytisus and Weymouth pines
 a melodious rustling will resound,
 and anticipation will lift your breast:
 it is my spirit embracing you.
 
 If you feel, with blessed loss
 in this formerly magic land,
 a gentle, ghostly touch
 like the kiss of a zephyr on your lips and hand,
 and if the fluttering light of the candle sways,
 it is my spirit - do not doubt it!
 
 If you hear, in the silver light of the stars
 shining gently into the silent chamber,
 something like aeolian harps in the distance,
 my word of honor: it is eternally yours!
 Then sleep peacefully; for it is my spirit,
 promising you joy and peace.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Lied aus der Ferne", written 1792-93, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794), first published 1794
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