He who stands alone in the bright ring of life

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by Helene Luise Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prinzessin (1814 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Musik

(Sung text for setting by C. Loewe)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wer einsam steht im bunten Lebenskreise
Und was das Leben teuer macht, verlor,
Wie bebt sein Herz, trifft eine liebe Weise
Aus früher Jugendzeit sein horchend Ohr.

Willkommen Töne! Eures Hauches Fächeln
Weckt eine schlummernde Gedankenwelt,
Verweinte Augen lernen wieder lächeln,
Die düst're Stirn ist plötzlich aufgehellt.

Der Zephyr, der in reichen Blumendüften
Des Orients sich hin und her gewiegt,
Verbreitet Balsamhauch noch in den Lüften,
Wenn schon die Blume welk am Boden liegt.

So lebt, ist auch der Traum des Glücks entschwunden,
Erinnerung im Hauche der Musik;
Ein kleines Lied aus jenen bessern Stunden
Bringt uns die alte Seligkeit zurück.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

Composition:

Carl Loewe

Text Authorship:

by Helene Luise Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prinzessin (1814 - 1858), "Musik"

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Music

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Loewe)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

He who stands alone in the bright ring of life
And has lost that which makes life precious,
How his heart trembles when a precious strain of music
From early youth reaches his listening ear.

Welcome, sounds! Your breath's fanning
Awakens a slumbering world of thoughts,
Tear-dimmed eyes learn to smile again,
The sombre brow is suddenly lightened.

The zephyr that in the rich flower scents
Of the Orient has swayed back and forth ,
Still disperses a breath of balsam in the breezes,
When the flower already lies wilted on the ground.

Thus, even if the dream of happiness has already vanished,
Memory lives in the breath of music;
A little song from those better times
Brings all the old bliss back for us.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

Translated titles:
"Musik" = "Music"
"Die Macht der Musik" = "The power of music"
"Wer einsam steht im bunten Lebenskreise" = "He who stands alone in the bright ring of life"
"Hymne an die Musik" = "Hymn to music"

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