Unfathomable | Again and again it is unfathomable to me

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by Carl (Ferdinand Max) Hauptmann (1858 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mir immer wieder unbegreiflich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Mir immer wieder unbegreiflich,
Wenn ich in meinem Dorfe geh'
Und plötzlich unter goldnem Maien
Am Bach ein wildes Dirnlein seh' --
Dann denk ich gleich,
Das muss doch rein
Vom Himmel niederfallen sein.

Und wenn dazu die Amsel singt,
Der schwarze Vogel im Blütenweiß,
Und ich der wilden Dirne breche
Vom Busch ein blaues Fliederreis --
Dann denk ich gleich,
Ich muss doch rein
Vom Himmel niederfallen sein.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Carl Hauptmann Aus meinem Tagebuch, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1900, page 79.

Text Authorship:

by Carl (Ferdinand Max) Hauptmann (1858 - 1921), no title, appears in Aus meinem Tagebuch, first published 1900 [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 Anna Teichmüller (1861 - 1940), "Unbegreiflich", op. 7 (Drei Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Dreililien [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Unfathomable", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-12-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 67

Unfathomable

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Again and again it is unfathomable to me,
When I am walking in my village
And suddenly under golden branches
Along the brook I see a wild maiden --
Then I immediately think,
She must have sheer
Fallen from heaven.

And when a blackbird sings the while,
A dark bird against the white of the blossoms,
And from the bush I break
A bleu sprig of lilac for the maiden --
Then I immediately think,
I must have sheer
Fallen from heaven.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Carl (Ferdinand Max) Hauptmann (1858 - 1921), no title, appears in Aus meinem Tagebuch, first published 1900
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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 80