A wind blows through the wide land

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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es geht ein Wind durch's weite Land

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Es geht ein Wind durch's weite Land,
Drängt Mund an Mund, weht Hand in Hand
Und ist als wie ein Singen.

Hat dich und mich zusammgeweht;
Und wenn er auch mal  stille steht:
Wir Beide wollen springen.

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• R. Strauss

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Text Authorship:

by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Wir Beide wollen springen", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder, first published 1901 [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Wir Beide wollen springen", op. 107 (Sechs Lieder von Otto Julius Bierbaum für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 6, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rudolf C. Lindner & Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Es geht ein Wind", 1911, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Wir beide wollen springen", WoO 90 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 6
Word count: 41

A wind blows through the wide land

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A wind blows through the wide land,
It urges lips to lips, blows hand into hand
And is like a singing.

It has blown you and me together;
And even if it sometimes stands still:
We two, let us leap for joy.

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English poem and song (Strauss, von Bach) title: We two, let us leap [for joy]
English song title (van Dieren): A wind blows

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Wir Beide wollen springen", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder, first published 1901
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 46