English translations of Zwei Lieder für Gesang, Flöte, und Klavier, opus 37
by Franz Krause (b. 1889)
Ein Haus bei Nacht durch Strauch und Baum Ein Fenster leise schimmern ließ, Und dort im unsichtbaren Raum Ein Flötenspieler stand und blies. Es war ein Lied so altbekannt, Es floß so gütig in die Nacht, Als wäre Heimat jedes Land, Als wäre jeder Weg vollbracht. Es war der Welt geheimer Sinn In seinem Atem offenbart, Und willig gab das Herz sich hin Und alle Zeit ward Gegenwart.
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- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Flötenspiel", written 1940
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Through bushes and trees, a house at night [Quietly let a window shimmer]1, And there in the invisible room A flautist stood and blew his flute. It was a song so well known, It flowed so graciously into the night, As if every land were a homeland, As if [travel on] every road had been completed. The world’s secret spirit was Revealed in his breath, And my heart willingly gave itself over And all time became the present.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Flötenspiel", written 1940
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