Lost in the expanses

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by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vorfrühling II

(Sung text for setting by A. Webern)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Verloren im Raume
Ein erster Vogelruf.

Doch schwer hinschnaubend
Durchs dampfende Marschland
Mit dem Eisen durchwühlts
Der gewaltige Stier.
Und festen Tritts hinter ihm
Schreitet der Mensch,
Die Körner schleudernd,
Wo auseinander
Mit schwarzroten Wellen
Schäumt der Grund.

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

Composition:

Anton von Webern

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), no title, appears in Stimmen und Bilder, in Jahrbuch

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 47

Before Spring II

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Webern)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Lost in the expanses --
A first cry of a bird.

But snorting heavily
Through the steaming marshland
The massive steer churns up 
The marshland with the steel of the plow.
And with a firm tread behind him
Strides man,
Hurling the seeds,
There where the soil
Foams apart
With black-red waves.

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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 62