When sounds approach and flee

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wenn die Klänge nahn und fliehen

(Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG

    Wenn die Klänge nahn und fliehen
    In den Wogen süßer Lust,
    Ach! nach tiefern Melodien
    Sehnt sich einsam oft die Brust.

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Johannes Brahms

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Anklänge, no. 3

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Als de klanken naad'ren en wijken", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2015

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When sounds approach and flee

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Brahms)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When sounds approach and flee
In waves of sweet delight,
Ah, for more profound melodies
the heart often yearns in loneliness!

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of the song by Brahms.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Anklänge, no. 3
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