Goethe-Lieder

Song Cycle by Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975)

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1. In tausend Formen magst du dich verstecken
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
In tausend Formen magst du dich verstecken,
Doch, Allerliebste, gleich erkenn ich dich;
Du magst mit Zauberschleiern dich bedecken,
Allgegenwärt'ge, gleich erkenn ich dich.

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
1. In a thousand different forms you may hide yourself
Language: English 
 In a thousand different forms you may hide yourself,
 but all the same, my best-beloved, I will recognize you;
 you may shroud yourself with magic veils
 but all the same, my ubiquitous one, I will recognize you.

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2. Die Sonne kommt! Ein Prachterscheinen!
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Sonne kommt! Ein Prachterscheinen!
Der Sichelmond umklammert sie.
Wer konnte solch ein Paar vereinen?
Dies Rätsel, wie erklärt sich's? Wie?

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
2.
Language: English 
The sun arrives! A splendid figure!
The sickle-moon embraces him.
Who could have brought such a pair together?
How can one explain this puzzle? How?

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3. Laß deinen süßen Rubinenmund
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Laß deinen süßen Rubinenmund
Zudringlichkeiten nicht verfluchen:
Was hat Liebesschmerz andern Grund,
Als seine Heilung zu suchen?

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3.
Language: English 
Let not your sweet ruby mouth
Chide me for being importunate:
What purpose has the pain of love
But to seek its own cure?

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4. Möge Wasser, springend, wallend
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Hatem
 Möge Wasser springend, wallend
 Die Zypressen dir gestehn:
 Von Suleika zu Suleika
 Ist mein Kommen und mein Gehn.

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4. Suleika and Hatem
Language: English 
[ ... ]

Hatem:
 May the water leape and seethe,
 and the cypresses avow to you:
 From Suleika to Suleika
 is my coming and my going.

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5. Der Spiegel sagt mir: ich bin schön!
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Spiegel sagt mir: ich bin schön!
Ihr sagt: zu altern sei auch mein Geschick.
Vor Gott muß alles ewig stehn,
In mir liebt ihn für diesen Augenblick.

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
5. The mirror tells me that I am fair
Language: English 
 The mirror tells me that I am fair!
 You remind me that to grow old is also my fate.
 Before God everything must stand eternal;
 love him in me for this quick instant.

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6. Kaum daß ich dich wieder habe
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Kaum daß ich dich wieder habe,
Dich mit Kuß und Liedern labe,
Bist du still in dich gekehret;
Was beengt und drückt und störet?

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6.
Language: English 
No sooner do I have you again
And ply you with freshening songs and kisses
Than you silently retreat into yourself.
What is it that confines and presses and disturbs?

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7. Ist's möglich, daß ich, Liebchen, dich kose
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ist's möglich, daß ich, Liebchen, dich kose,
Vernehme der göttlichen Stimme Schall!
Unmöglich scheint immer die Rose,
Unbegreiflich die Nachtigall.

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
7.
Language: English 
Is it possible that I caress you, beloved, 
Hearing heavenly voices?
The rose always seems impossible,
The nightingale inconceivable.

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