by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sonnenblick
 (Sung text for setting by J. Lang)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Kleine Blume im engen Thal,
Dich auch fand ein Sonnenstrahl!
Armes Herz in der kranken Brust,
Dir auch ward der Liebe Lust.

Und die Blume das Köpfchen hing,
Als die Sonne weiter ging,
Und das Herz es brach entzwei
Als das kurze Glück vorbei!

Composition:

    Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sonnenblick", op. 40 no. 1 (1864), published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Theodor Stürmer

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sunny glimpse", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Little flower in the narrow valley,
A sunbeam found you too;
Poor heart in the sick bosom,
You too have experienced love's joy.

And the flower hung its little head
When the sun passed on;
And the heart broke in two
When the short happiness was past!

Translated titles:
Sonnenblicke = Sunny glimpses
Sonnenblick = Sunny glimpse

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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