Rain is streaming, the sun is shining | Rain is streaming, the sun is shining

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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Regen strömt, die Sonne scheint

(Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG FRE

Der Regen strömt, die Sonne scheint,
Es geht bergauf, es geht bergab, --
Ich denke sie, die mich nur meint,
Sie, die mir ihre Treue gab.

Was gehst du suchend durch das Land,
Du Müder mit ergrautem Bart? --
Ich suche nicht, was ich schon fand,
Ich suche nicht, was mir schon ward.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Hugo Wolf

Text Authorship:

by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Auf der Wanderschaft, no. 2

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Rain is streaming, the sun is shining", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

Rain is streaming, the sun is shining

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Wolf)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Rain is streaming, the sun is shining,
My way takes me uphill, my way takes me downhill, --
I think of her, who only thinks of me,
Of her, who promised me her faithfulness.

Why are you walking through the land searching,
You tired man with the grizzled beard? --
I do not search for that which I have already found,
I do not search for that which I already possess.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Note: it may be tempting to add quotation marks to resolve the ambiguity of this poem, but the punctuation has been left as found in the original.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Auf der Wanderschaft, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-11
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Word count: 96