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by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Eins möcht ich sein

(Sung text for setting by T. Leschetizky)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

   Eins möcht' ich sein!
Auf Deines Lebens dunkler Fluth
Der Strahl, der zitternd auf ihr ruht,
   Vom Mondenschein!

   Eins möcht' ich sein!
In Deines Lebens Wüstensand
Der Born, an dessen Schattenrand
   Du schlummerst ein!

 ... 

   Eins möcht' ich sein!
Wenn todte Stille Dich umringt,
Das Vöglein, das Dir Hoffnung singt,
   In's Herz hinein!

   O laß mich sein!
Im Jugendflor und grauem Haar.
Eins lass mich bleiben immerdar:
   Dein, ewig Dein.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4,5 of the original text.

Confirmed with Friedrich Halm's (Eligius Freiherrn von Münch-Bellinghausen) Werke, Siebenter Band, Neue Gedichte, Wien: Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1864, pages 42-43.

Composition:

Theodor Leschetizky

Text Authorship:

by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, "Eins möcht' ich sein!", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder der Liebe, no. 2

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One thing I wish to be

(Sung text translation for setting by T. Leschetizky)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   One thing I wish to be!
Upon the dark floodwaters of your life
The beam that tremblingly rests upon them,
   The beam of moonlight!

   One thing I wish to be!
In the desert sands of your life,
The water spring by whose shady borders
   You fall into slumber!

 ... 

   One thing I wish to be!
When deathly silence surrounds you,
The bird that sings hope for you
   Sings hope into your heart!

   Oh let me be it!
In the bloom of youth and in the days of grey locks.
Let me remain this one thing forevermore:
   Yours, eternally yours.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4,5 of the original text.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, "Eins möcht' ich sein!", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder der Liebe, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
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