Youth, Day, Old Age and Night | Youth, you great one, lusty one, loving one!

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by Karl Federn (1868 - 1943)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Jugend und Alter

(Sung text for setting by J. Marx)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: ENG FRE

Jugend, du große, sehnende, liebende! --
Jugend voll Anmut -- Jugend voll Kraft und Zauber!
Weißt du, daß das Alter nach dir kommt?
Daß es kommen kann mit  ... , gleicher Kraft und gleichem Zauber?

Du vollerblühter glänzender Tag! --
Tag der Sonne, Tag des Lachens, Tag der Liebe, Tag der Taten!
Die Nacht kommt schnell mit Millionen Sternen,
  mit Schlaf und  ...  süßem Dunkel!

Copied from Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, pages 16-17.

Composition:

Joseph Marx

Lieder und Gesänge

Text Authorship:

by Karl Federn (1868 - 1943), "Jugend, Tag, Alter und Nacht"

Based on:

a text in English by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Leaves of Grass, in Great are the Myths, no. 1, stanzas 3 and 4
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Youth, Day, Old Age and Night", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Jeunesse et vieillesse", 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: 71

Youth, Day, Old Age and Night

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Marx)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Youth, you great one, longing one, loving one! -- 
Youth full of grace -- youth full of strength and enchantment!
Do you know that age comes after you?
That it can come with the  ... , the same strength and the same enchantment?

You full-blown glowing day! --
Day of sunshine, day of laughter, day of love, day of deeds!
The night comes quickly with millions of stars,
  with sleep and  ...  sweet darkness!

Title for Marx's setting: "Youth and Old Age"

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 Karl Federn (1868 - 1943), "Jugend, Tag, Alter und Nacht"
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Leaves of Grass, in Great are the Myths, no. 1, stanzas 3 and 4
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 79