Weit weg voneinander sind

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by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Far, far from each other

(Sung text for setting by F. Bridge)

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Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

 ... 

Far, far from each other
Our spirits have flown.
And what heart knows another?
Ah! who knows his own?

Blow, ye winds! lift me with you
I come to the wild.
Fold closely, O Nature!
Thine arms round thy child.

 ... 

Ah, calm me! restore me
And dry up my tears
On thy high mountain platforms,
Where Morn first appears,

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 9-10,12 of the original text.

Composition:

Frank Bridge

Three songs with viola

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Text Authorship:

by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), "Parting", appears in Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems, first published 1852

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Weit weg voneinander sind

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Bridge)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

 ... 


Weit weg voneinander sind
die Seelen uns geflogen;
welch Herz kennt ein andres denn?
Wer hat  s e i n  Herz gewogen?

Weht, ihr Winde! Nehmt mich mit,
hin, wo alles unberührt!
Halte fest, Natur, dein Kind,
dass es deine Arme spürt!

 ... 



Schaff mir Frieden, gib mir Ruh,
wisch ab die Tränen mir,
wo das erste Licht erwacht,
im Hochgebirgsrevier.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 9-10,12 of the original text.

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a text in English by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), "Parting", appears in Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems, first published 1852
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