Du dunkle Sehnsucht meiner Tage,
Du meiner Nächte lichter Traum --
Ich blühe wie ein Frühlingsbaum
Voll Drängen, daß er Früchte trage.
Schon deckt die grünen Maienhage
Ein sonnenheller Blumensaum --
O meiner Sehnsucht lichter Traum,
O dunkle Sehnsucht meiner Tage!
Composition:
Set to music by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Lied eines Mädchens", 1910, published 1911 [ medium voice, piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.4
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of a maiden", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Barbara Miller , Sharon Krebs
[Senior Associate Editor]This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
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Word count: 40
You dark longing of my days,
You bright dream of my nights --
I blossom like a springtime tree
Full of surging to bear fruit.
Already the green hedges of May are covered
By a sunlit border of flowers --
Oh bright dream of my longing,
Oh dark longing of my days!