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by Hans Eschelbach (1868 - 1948)
Translation Singable translation by Isidora Martinez (flourished 1886-1915)

Wo tiefversteckt im Grunde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wo [tiefversteckt]1 im Grunde
Der Bach vorüber rauscht,
Hat uns in stiller Stunde
Der junge Lenz belauscht.
Er fragte was mir machten,
Und nickte hold uns zu;
Wir sahn uns an und lachten;
Der Lenz und ich und du!
 
An seiner Seite gingen
Wir durch die weite Welt,
Das gab ein Blühn und Singen,
In Wiese, Wald und Feld.
Auf allen unsern Wegen
Rief ich dir jauchzend zu:
"Wir zieh dem Glück entgegen,
Der Lenz und ich und du!"
 
Die höchste Höhe leuchtet,
Es glänzt das tiefste Tal,
Dein Auge, glückgefeuchtet,
Ist wie der Sonne Strahl!
Die Lerche hebt die Schwingen
Und strebt dem Himmel zu,
Und Liebeslieder singen:
Der Lenz und ich und du!

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Confirmed with Hans Eschelbach, Sommersänge. Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, [1917], page 13

1 Rößler: "tief versteckt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Eschelbach (1868 - 1948), "Der Lenz und ich und du!", appears in Sommersänge, in Lieder der Lust

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "We three", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 116

We three
 (Sung text for setting by A. Beach)
 Matches original text
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Deep hid in shady valley,
All fresh with morning dew,
Where tinkling stremlets dally,
Young Love espied us two;
"Why wait ye?" said he smiling,
"Arise! your pinions try!"
We laugh'd, our way beguiling,
Young Love and you and I.

Thus tripping at his side,
'Mid song and dance and flow'rs,
We fared thro' the world so wide,
Life full of happy hours.
And still I sang with heart so light,
Gaily as we went by:
"We'll find the Land of Heart's Delight,
Young Love and you and I!"

The highest peaks are glowing,
The lowliest vale's alight
Thy happy eyes o'erflowing,
As sunbeams shine so bright!
The lark in circles winging
Strives upward to the sky,
And tender songs we're singing,
Young Love and you and I!"

Composition:

    Set to music by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "We three", op. 51 (Four Songs) no. 2, published c1903 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Isidora Martinez (flourished 1886-1915), no title

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Eschelbach (1868 - 1948), "Der Lenz und ich und du!", appears in Sommersänge, in Lieder der Lust
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 128

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