English translations of Vier Lieder, opus 1
by Gerhart von Westermann (1894 - 1963)
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Das war der Tag der weißen Chrysanthemen, -- mir bangte fast vor seiner Pracht... Und dann, dann kamst du mir die Seele nehmen tief in der Nacht. Mir war so bang, und du kamst lieb und leise, -- ich hatte grad im Traum an dich gedacht. Du kamst, und leis wie eine Märchenweise erklang die Nacht....
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Lieben, no. 2
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Confirmed with Erste Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke, Leipzig, Im Insel-Verlag, 1913.
Note: some lines of this poem were used in Zanettovich's Lied (mond - nacht - liebes - traum - lied)
That was the day of white chrysanthemums; I almost trembled before its glory... And then, then you came to me to take my soul Deep in the night. I felt so anxious, and you came so lovingly and gently; I had just been thinking about you in a dream. You came, and softly, like a fairy tale, the night resounded.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Lieben, no. 2
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Translation of title "Traumgekrönt" = "Crowned by a dream"This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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