Quiet, dreaming springtime night

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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Flieder

(Sung text for setting by F. Gernsheim)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Stille, träumende Frühlingsnacht ...
Die Sterne am Himmel blinzelten mild,
Breit stand der Mond wie ein silbernes Schild,
Und in den Zweigen rauschte es sacht.
Arm in Arm und wie in Träumen
Unter duftenden Blütenbäumen
Gingen wir durch die Frühlingsnacht.

Der Flieder duftet berauschend weich;
Ich küsse den Mund dir liebeheiß,
Dicht überhäupten uns blau und weiß
Schimmern die Blüten reich.
Blüten brachst du uns zum Strauße,
Langsam gingen wir nach Hause,
Der Flieder duftete liebeweich ...

Composition:

Friedrich Gernsheim

Fünf Gedichte von Otto Julius Bierbaum

Text Authorship:

by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Flieder", subtitle: "(Erinnerungsblatt an M.M.)", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "(A memento for M.M.)", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (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: 2011-04-15
Line count: 14
Word count: 77

Lilac

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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Quiet, dreaming springtime night . . .
The stars in the sky sparkled gently,
The moon was as broad as a silver shield,
And in the branches there was a soft rustling.
Arm in arm and as in dreams,
Under the scented blossom trees
We walked through the springtime night.

The scent of the lilac is intoxicatingly soft;
In fervent love I kiss your lips,
Above us, blue and white, the blossoms
Form a canopy and shimmer opulently.
You picked blossoms for a bouquet for us,
We walked home slowly,
The lilac sent forth love-soft scents . . .

Subtitle: "(A memento for M.M.)"

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (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.

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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 100