Summer morning | What has happened to me?

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by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Was ist mir denn geschehen?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Was ist mir denn geschehen?
Bin ich vom Traum erwacht? -- --
Wie meine Augen sehen!
O, wie der Mund mir lacht!

Als hätt's noch nie gegeben
So lichtes Himmelsblau;
Auf meinem ganzen Leben
Liegt es wie Morgenthau.

Und in dem tiefsten Innern,
Da rieselt's wie ein Quell
Von Hoffen und Erinnern --
Wie schön ist das, wie hell!

O gold'ne Feierstunde! -- --
O komm, du heißer Mann,
Und küß' mir still vom Munde,
Was ich nicht sagen kann!

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Confirmed with Wanderzeit. Ein Liederbuch von Karl Stieler, Stuttgart, Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1882, page 30.

Note for stanza 4 line 2: modern singers may wish to substitute "du heißer" with "geliebter" here.

Text Authorship:

by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Sommermorgen", subtitle: "Frauenlied", appears in Wanderzeit. Ein Liederbuch, in 3. Liebeszauber, first published 1882 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

Summer morning

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What has happened to me?
Have I awakened from a dream? -- --
How my eyes can see!
Oh how my mouth laughs!

As if there had never before been
Such a luminous blue heaven;
Upon my entire life
Morning dew has fallen.

And in the deepest depths of my being
There is a rippling as of a waterspring
Of hope and remembrance -- --
How beautiful that is, how bright!

Oh golden hour of celebration! -- --
Oh come, you hot man,
And quietly kiss from my lips
That which I cannot utter!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Sommermorgen", subtitle: "Frauenlied", appears in Wanderzeit. Ein Liederbuch, in 3. Liebeszauber, first published 1882
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 89