Radiant days | Ah, our radiant days

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by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Leuchtende Tage

(Sung text for setting by E. d'Albert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ach, unsre leuchtenden Tage
Glänzen wie ewige Sterne.
Als Trost für künftige Klage
Glüh'n sie aus goldener Ferne.

Nicht weinen,weil sie vorüber!
Lächeln, weil sie gewesen!
Umgrauen die Tage uns trüber,
Unsere Sterne erlösen!

Composition:

Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Leuchtende Tage"

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Radiant days", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Radiant days

(Sung text translation for setting by E. d'Albert)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ah, our radiant days
Sparkle like eternal stars.
As a solace for future lamentation
They glow from the golden distance.

Do not weep because they are past!
Smile, because they once were!
Though the days shroud us more drearily in greyness,
Our stars shall save us!

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