The sound | Within me there sings with a deep tone

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by Heinrich Goebel (1870 - 1956)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Ton

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG SPA

Es singt in tiefem Tone
In mir, so schwer und an Gold so reich,
Ich bin einem [mächtigen Herrn]¹ gleich,
Ein König in Mantel und Krone.

Lehnt stumm die Nacht an die Scheiben,
Dann singt mir der Goldlaut durch Herz und Hirn,
Verschlingt die Gedanken von Firn zu Firn
Hinaus [in das]² Weltentreiben,

[Und]³ trägt mich zu fremden Borden,
Wo Sterne im Reigen beisammen stehn.
Es will mir das Herz vor Glück [fastvergehen]⁴,
Zu [brausenden, langen]⁵ Akkorden.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Marx

View original text (without footnotes)
Copied from Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, page 260.

¹ Marx: "mächtgen Herren"
² Marx: "ins"
³ Marx: "Das"
⁴ Marx: "vergehen"
⁵ Marx: "langen brausenden"

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Goebel (1870 - 1956), "Der Ton" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Tonen"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Der Ton", 1911, published 1911 [ medium voice, piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.8 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The sound", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , "El sonido", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 83

The sound

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Within me there sings with a deep tone,
So weightily and so rich with gold.
I am like a mighty lord,
A king in robe and crown.

When night leans mutely against the windowpanes,
Then the golden sound sings through my heart and my mind,
Swallowing my thoughts from one of the snows of yesteryear to another
Out into the bustle of the world.

[And]¹ carries me to foreign shores,
Where the stars stand together in a dance.
My heart [almost]² wants to dissolve for happiness,
[Dissolve] into [stormy, long]³ chords.

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ Marx: "It"
² omitted by Marx
³ Marx: "long stormy"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Goebel (1870 - 1956), "Der Ton"
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Tonen"
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 94