Beautiful Foreign Lands | The treetops rustle and tremble

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Schöne Fremde

(Sung text for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE HEB ITA NOR POR SPA

  Es rauschen die Wipfel und schauern,
Als hielten zu dieser Stund'
Um die halbverfallenen Mauern
Die alten Götter die Rund'.

  Hier unter den Myrtenbäumen
In heimlich dämmernder Pracht,
Was sprichst du wirr wie in Träumen
Zu mir, phantastische Nacht?

  Es funkeln mir zu alle Sterne
Mit glühendem Liebesblick,
Es redet trunken die Ferne
Wie vom künftigem, großem Glück!

Composition:

Fanny Hensel

Gartenlieder : Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Schöne Fremde", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Bonic país estranger", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Mooi vreemd land", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Beauteous foreign land", copyright ©
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Beautiful Foreign Lands", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Beau pays étranger", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "נכר יפה", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Bei paesi stranieri", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Det vakre fremmede", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Belas terras estrangeiras", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Bella tierra extranjera", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Beautiful Foreign Lands

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Hensel)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The treetops rustle and tremble
As if at this very hour
Round the half-fallen walls
The old gods were circling.

Here beneath the myrtles
In secret twilight splendor
What are you saying in dreamlike confusion
To me, fantastic night?

All the stars twinkle at me
With love’s ardent glance,
Far-off lands speak drunkenly
Of future great fortune!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Grant Hicks, (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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Schöne Fremde", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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