Echo | Komm zu mir in der Stille der Nacht

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by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Echo

(Sung text for setting by J. Coulthard)

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Language: English

Our translations: GER

Come to me in the silence of the night;
Come in the speaking silence of a dream;
Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright
As sunlight on a stream;
Come back in tears,
O memory, hope, love of finished years. 

 ... 

Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live
My very life again though cold in death:
Come back to me in dreams, that I may give
Pulse for pulse, breath for breath:
Speak low, lean low,
As long ago, my love, how long ago!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

Note: the text inspired the orchestral work "Symphonic Rhapsody" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1904

Composition:

Jean Coulthard

Christina Songs

Text Authorship:

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Echo", written 1854

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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Echo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Echo

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Coulthard)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Komm zu mir in der Stille der Nacht:
komm in der sprechenden Stille eines Traums;
komm mit sanft-vollen Wangen und Augen hell
wie Sonnenlicht auf einem Strom;
kehr heim in Tränen,
o Erinnerung, Hoffnung, Liebe vollbrachter Jahre.

 ... 

Erscheine mir doch in meinen Träumen, auf dass ich
dieses, mein Leben, erneut leben kann, obgleich erkaltet im Tod:
Kehr zu mir in meinen Träumen zurück, auf dass ich
Herzschlag für Herzschlag, Atemzug für Atemzug neu leben kann:
sprich leise, neige dich hernieder
wie vor langer Zeit, mein Liebster, wie lange ist es her!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

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