As the cloud for the sun

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wie die Wolke nach der Sonne

(Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Wie die Wolke nach der Sonne
Voll Verlangen irrt und bangt,
Und durchglüht vom Himmelswonne
Sterbend ihr am Busen hangt;

Wie die Sonnenblume richtet
Auf die Sonn' ihr Angesicht
Und nicht eh'r auf sie verzichtet
Bis ihr eig'nes Auge bricht;

Wie der Aar auf Wolkenpfade
Sehnend steigt in's Himmelszelt
Und berauscht vom Sonnenbade
Blind zur Erde niederfällt:

So auch muß ich schmachten, bangen,
Späh'n und trachten, dich zu seh'n,
Will an deinen Blicken hangen
Und an ihrem Glanz vergeh'n.

Composition:

Johannes Brahms

Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 89, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Com el núvol que per el sol", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Als een wolk die rustloos zwervend", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Comme le nuage pour le soleil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Come la nuvola verso il sole", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 80

As the cloud for the sun

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Brahms)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

As the cloud for the sun
yearns, and wanders anxiously,
And, warmed through wih heavenly bliss,
Hangs on its breast as it dies:

As the sunflower turns
To the sun its gaze
And does not refrain
Until its own eye breaks:

As the eagle on its path of clouds
Yearningly ascends in heaven's tent,
And is intoxicated by the bath of sunlight,
And falls blindly to the earth:

So also must I, too, pine anxiously, 
Peering and trying to see you,
To hang on your gaze
And from its brilliance, perish.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 89, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 91