From the steep heights of the Alps

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by Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto, Freiherr von der Malsburg (1786 - 1824)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schweiz

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Von der Alpen steilen Höhen,
Wo der Morgenröthe Strahlen
Die beeisten Firnen malen,
Möcht' ich einmal niedersehn.

  Einmal wandeln unter Sonnen,
Lauschen, wie die Ströme fallen,
Horchen, wo die Hörner hallen,
Ruh'n, wo Abendfeuer brennen.

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by Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto, Freiherr von der Malsburg (1786 - 1824), "Sehnsucht nach der Schweiz", written 1816, appears in Poetischer Nachlaß und Umrisse aus seinem innern Leben, in Naturbilder

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Switzerland

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Zumsteeg)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  From the steep heights of the Alps,
Where the red beams of sunrise
Colour the iced snow,
I would like to look down sometime.

  I would like to wander once among the suns,
To listen to how the waters fall,
To hearken where the horns echo,
To rest where evening fires burn.

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Translations of title(s):
"Schweiz" = "Switzerland"
"Sehnsucht nach der Schweiz" = "Yearning for Switzerland"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto, Freiherr von der Malsburg (1786 - 1824), "Sehnsucht nach der Schweiz", written 1816, appears in Poetischer Nachlaß und Umrisse aus seinem innern Leben, in Naturbilder
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This text was added to the website: 2022-05-14
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