by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Auf den Bergen
 (Sung text for setting by M. de Rothschild)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Die grauen Wolken streifen
Der alten Berge Rand,
Sie hüllen mir die Aussicht
Ins glückliche Niederland.

Hoch über den grauen Wolken
Ist goldener Sonnenschein,
Da schwingt sich meine Liebe
Mit leichten Flügeln hinein.

Und schwingt sich zu der Liebsten
Hinab in's ferne Thal,
Und spricht zu ihr: ich grüße
Dich viel tausend, tausend Mal!

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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
The grey clouds streak
the edges of the venerable mountains,
they veil for me the view
of the happy lowland.

High above the grey clouds
is golden sunshine;
there my love resonates
On gossamer wings.

And it vaults toward my beloved
down into the distant valley,
and speaks to her: I greet 
you a thousand, thousand times!

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Titles: Auf den Bergen -> On the mountains ; Vom Gebirge: From the mountains.

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