Song of a maiden | You dark longing of my days

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by Wladimir, Freiherr von Hartlieb (1887 - 1951)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Lied eines Mädchens

(Sung text for setting by J. Marx)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

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:

Joseph Marx

Lieder und Gesänge

Text Authorship:

by Wladimir, Freiherr von Hartlieb (1887 - 1951), "Lied eines Mädchens", appears in Die Stadt am Abend, first published 1910

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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
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

Song of a maiden

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Marx)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Wladimir, Freiherr von Hartlieb (1887 - 1951), "Lied eines Mädchens", appears in Die Stadt am Abend, first published 1910
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This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 52