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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Tief von fern
 (Sung text for setting by A. Webern)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE NOR
Aus des Abends weißen Wogen
taucht ein Stern;
tief von fern
kommt der junge Mond gezogen.

Tief von fern,
aus des Morgens grauen Wogen,
langt der große blasse Bogen
nach dem Stern.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Tief von fern", 1901-4, from Acht frühe Lieder, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), no title, appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: Liebe, in Natur und Sehnsucht, no. 3, first published 1891

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Downward from afar", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Venant de loin", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Dypt fra det fjerne", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 36

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