by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund
Translation © by John Glenn Paton

In den Wind gesungen
 (Sung text for setting by R. Liebermann)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wenn ich an ihren an deinem Munde hingesunken,
den heiligsten der Tränke tief getrunken:
Komm, Drache Tod, lass mit dem letzten Hauch
uns in die Luft vergeh’n wie blauer Rauch.
Und lass uns noch nach hunderttausend Jahren
vereint als Sturmwind durch die Lüfte fahren.

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  • by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "In den Wind gesungen"

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  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Sung into the wind", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
When I, lowered to her mouth,
have drunk deeply of the holiest of drinks:
Come, Dragon Death!  With our last breath
let us blow away in the air like blue smoke.
And let us still after a hundred thousand years
fly together through the air as a storm wind.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by John Glenn Paton, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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