Aural Allusions II | Ah! how did it ever happen

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

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Anklänge II

(Sung text for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Ach! wie ist es doch gekommen,
Daß die ferne Waldespracht 
So mein ganzes Herz genommen,
Mich um alle Ruh gebracht.

Wenn von drüben Lieder wehen,
Waldhorn gar nicht enden will,
Weiß ich nicht, wie mir geschehen,
Und im Herzen bet ich still.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

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Fanny Hensel

Text Authorship:

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

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Aural Allusions II", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 16
Word count: 84

Aural Allusions II

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ah! how did it ever happen
That the distant forest splendour
Captivated my heart so completely,
And deprived me of all peace?

When songs waft over from afar,
When the horn sounds without ceasing,
I do not know what is happening to me,
And I pray quietly in my heart.

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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. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 107