Wonne | Bin außer mir und will vor Glück

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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

I am wild, I will sing to the trees

Language: English

Our translations: GER

I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
      I will sing to the stars in the sky,
I love, I am loved, he is mine,
      Now at last I can die!

I am sandaled with wind and with flame,
      I have heart-fire and singing to give,
I can tread on the grass or the stars,
      Now at last I can live!

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Text Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Joy", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Floy Little Bartlett (b. 1883), "Heat-fire and singing", published 1931 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Dominick DiOrio , "Joy", 2013 [ baritone and piano ], from A Ghost Through the Winding Years, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Fay Foster (1886 - 1960), "At last", published 1918 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by John Brodbin Kennedy , "Joy", published 1972 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from The Look, the Kiss, and Joy [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Walter Kramer (1890 - 1969), "Joy", op. 44 no. 1, published 1917 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Bain Murray (b. 1926), "Joy", published 1974 [ soprano and piano ], from Flame and Shadow [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexander Rihm , "Joy", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by George Roberts , "Joy", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Beatrice Macgowan Scott , "Joy", published 1918 [ voice and piano ], Chicago : Clayton F. Summy Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Joy", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], New York: G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wonne", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 62

Wonne

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Bin außer mir und will vor Glück
den Bäumen singen und den Sternen.
Ich liebe, werd' von ihm geliebt,
nun kann ich endlich sterben!

Ich trag am Fuße Wind und Feuer,
kann jubeln, heißen Herzens geben,
ich geh auf Gras, ich schreit auf Sternen,
nun kann ich endlich leben!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Joy", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 49