The sound | Within me there sings with a deep tone

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by Heinrich Goebel (1870 - 1956)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Ton

(Sung text for setting by J. Marx)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG SPA

Es singt in tiefem Tone
In mir, so schwer und an Gold so reich,
Ich bin einem mächtgen Herren gleich,
Ein König in Mantel und Krone.

Lehnt stumm die Nacht an die Scheiben,
Dann singt mir der Goldlaut durch Herz und Hirn,
Verschlingt die Gedanken von Firn zu Firn
Hinaus ins Weltentreiben,

Das trägt mich zu fremden Borden,
Wo Sterne im Reigen beisammen stehn.
Es will mir das Herz vor Glück vergehen,
Zu langen brausenden Akkorden.

Copied from Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, page 260.

Composition:

Joseph Marx

Lieder und Gesänge

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Goebel (1870 - 1956), "Der Ton"

Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Tonen"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The sound", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , "El sonido", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 83

The sound

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Marx)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Within me there sings with a deep tone,
So weightily and so rich with gold.
I am like a mighty lord,
A king in robe and crown.

When night leans mutely against the windowpanes,
Then the golden sound sings through my heart and my mind,
Swallowing my thoughts from one of the snows of yesteryear to another
Out into the bustle of the world.

It carries me to foreign shores,
Where the stars stand together in a dance.
My heart  ...  wants to dissolve for happiness,
Dissolve into long stormy chords.

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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Goebel (1870 - 1956), "Der Ton"
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Tonen"
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 94