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Geheimnißvoller Klang, Für Geister der Luft besaitet, Von keines Menschen Gesang, Von Stürmen nur begleitet. In deinen Tiefen sind Die Melodien der Sterne, -- So ruft ein weinend Kind Der Mutter in die Ferne. Laute der Trösterin Einsamkeit! So ziehen über die Fluthen Schwäne, So liegt im Traume der Seligkeit Die schmerzenstillenden Thräne.
Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the word "Äolsharfe" becomes "Aeolsharfe", but as can be seen in how "über" becomes "Ueber" when capitalized, this is due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, so we use "Äolsharfe". Note as well that modern German would change some spellings including "Geheimnißvoller" -> "Geheimnisvoller", "Fluthen" -> "Fluten", "Thräne" -> "Träne", etc.
Composition:
- Set to music by Adolf Sandberger (1864 - 1943), "Äolsharfe", op. 14 (Drei Lieder nach Dichtungen von Hermann Lingg für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Äolsharfe", appears in Gedichte, in Eine Idylle in Liedern
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Arpa eòlica", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Aeolian Harp", copyright © 2024
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , " Harpe éolienne", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Donderwinkel , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Mysterious sound, strings Strung for the spirits of the air, Accompanied by no human song, Only by storms: In your depths exist The melodies of the stars -- Thus does a crying child call For a far-off mother. Lute of the comforter, solitude! Thus do swans glide upon the waters, Thus reposes in the dreams of bliss The tear that soothes our anguish.
Translator's note: with thanks to Sharon and Harald Krebs for helpful advice.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Emily Ezust, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Äolsharfe", appears in Gedichte, in Eine Idylle in Liedern
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