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by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Ergebung
Language: German (Deutsch)
Gehorchen ist das erste! Ich hab' mich stumm geneigt, Und ob das Herz mir berste, Mein Herz gehorcht und schweigt. Mich hat mein Abt verfluchet, - Ich war wohl gottverwaist, Daß Sang mir heimgesuchet So süß den stillen Geist! Viel' letzte Grüße sag' ich Nun dir, Frau Irmingard! Euch Lieder aber trag' ich Zum Dickicht in stiller Fahrt. Dort will ich in Waldgrund legen Sie unter eisernem Schrein Und ihre Hüter mögen Waldvöglein, die lieben, sein! Und mag sie je ergründen Ein Pilger auf seinem Pfad, So bin ich ohne Sünden, - Ein Mönch, dem Gott genad'.
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Ergebung", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 10. Eliland: ein Sang vom Chiemsee, in 2. Reicher Fund, no. 10, first published 1879 [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 Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Ergebung ", op. 35 no. 10, published 1890 [ baritone and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Cyklus von 10 Gesängen aus Carl Stieler's "Eliland, ein Sang vom Chiemsee", no. 10, Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Dannehl (1870 - 1947), "Ergebung", op. 25 no. 9, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eliland, ein Sang vom Chiemsee. Ein Zyklus von elf Gesängen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Ergebung", op. 9 no. 10, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von K. Stieler. Zehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 10, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Kindscher (1800 - 1875), "Ergebung", published 1883 [ high baritone and piano ], from Lieder des Mönches Eliland. Ein Cyklus in 10 Gesängen, no. 10, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Ergebung", op. 12 no. 11 (1911), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Eliland - Ein Sang com Chiemsee, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Ergebung", op. 33 no. 10 (1891/92), published 1899 [ tenor and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von K. Stieler, no. 10, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Ergebung", op. 51 no. 10, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Eliland. Ein Sang vom Chiemsee von Karl Stieler. Zehn Gesänge, no. 10, Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Resignació", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Submission", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 95
Submission
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Obedience comes first! I have bowed down mutely, And though my heart may burst, My heart obeys and remains silent. I have been cursed by my Abbot,- I must have truly strayed from God That singing could so sweetly Have caused the quiet spirit to become obsessed! Many final greetings I now Send you, Frau Irmingard! You my songs, however, I carry To the spinney with silent steps. There in the forest depths I shall Place them into an iron shrine And may the little forest birds, The dear ones, be their guardians! And should a pilgrim ever Discover them upon his journey, I am without sin, - A monk, to whom God was merciful.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Ergebung", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 10. Eliland: ein Sang vom Chiemsee, in 2. Reicher Fund, no. 10, first published 1879
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 114