Vor Leidenschaft wild | Vor Leidenschaft wild, mit Kummer beladen

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by Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803 - 1849)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wild with passion, sorrow beladen

Language: English

Our translations: CAT GER

Wild with passion, sorrow beladen,
  Bend the thought of thy stormy soul
On its home, on its heaven, the loved maiden;
  And peace shall come at her eyes' control.
Even so night's starry rest possesses
  With its gentle spirit these tamed waters,
And bids the wave with weedy tresses
  Embower the ocean's pavement stilly
  Where the sea-girls lie, the mermaid-daughters,
    Whose eyes, not born to weep,
    More palely-lidded sleep
  Than in our fields the lily;
    And sighing in their rest
      More sweet than is [its]¹ breath;
      And quiet as its death
        Upon a lady's breast.

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• B. Britten

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¹ Britten: "their"

Text Authorship:

by Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803 - 1849), no title, appears in Song on the water, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Wild with passion", subtitle: "Song, on the water" [sung text checked 1 time]

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Boig de passió", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , "Vor Leidenschaft wild", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 16
Word count: 95

Vor Leidenschaft wild

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Vor Leidenschaft wild, mit Kummer beladen,
 Neige die Gedanken deiner stürmischen Seele
Ihrem Vaterland, Ihrem Himmel, der geliebten Maid zu;
 Und der Friede wird kommen nach dem Bann ihrer Augen.
So besitzt die sternenhelle Ruhe der Nacht
 Mit ihrem sanften Gemüt diese gezähmten Wasser,
Und gebietet der Welle mit ihren Locken von Seetang
 Des Meeres Grund leise zu schmücken
 Wo die Nixen ruhen, die Töchter der Meerfeen,
   Deren Augen, nicht zum Weinen geboren,
   Mit noch bleicheren Lidern schlafen
 Als die Lilie in unseren Feldern;
   Und ihr Seufzen im Schlafe
      Ist süßer als [ihr]¹ Atem;
     Und still wie ihr Tod
       Auf dem Busen eine Lady.

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¹ bei Britten ist es die Mehrzahl (also der Atem der Nixen, nicht der der Lilie)

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Based on:

a text in English by Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803 - 1849), no title, appears in Song on the water, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 104