Remembering | And once again the thrush is singing in the branches

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by Gustav Eberlein (1847 - 1926)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Gedenken

(Sung text for setting by M. Wurm)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Und wieder schlägt die Drossel im Gezweig
Des Blütenbaumes über mir;
Es öffnet sich des Lenzes Wunderreich,
Doch all mein Denken ist allein bei dir!
 
Von zartem Grün ist Baum und Busch belaubt.
Die Wonne all umher erdrückt mich schier;
Hier ruhte selig einst dein reines Haupt;
Ach, all mein Denken ist allein bei dir.
 
Geweiht von deinem Hauche Jahr um Jahr,
Für alle Zeit bleibt diese Stätte mir.
Vorbei der Traum, so rein, so wunderbar,
Doch all mein Denken ist allein bei dir!

Composition:

Mary Wurm

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Eberlein (1847 - 1926)

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

ENG English [singable] (Florence Z. Marshall) , "A memory"
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Remembering", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-11
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Word count: 87

Remembering

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Wurm)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And once again the thrush is singing in the branches
Of the blossoming tree above me;
The wondrous realm of spring is opening,
But all my thoughts are only with you!

Trees and bushes are leafed with delicate green.
The bliss all around is almost crushing me;
Once your innocent head rested happily here,
Ah, all my thoughts are only with you.

Sanctified by your breath year after year
This place is 
shall remain to me for all time.
The dream, so pure, so wondrous, is over,
But all my thoughts are only with you!

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