by Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz (1780 - 1861)
Translation Christakis Poumbouris
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: GRE
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, du kannst mir sehr gefallen! [Wie oft hat nicht zur Weihnachtszeit ein Baum von dir mich hoch erfreut.]1 O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, du kannst mir sehr gefallen! O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, dein Kleid will mich was lehren: Die Hoffnung und Beständigkeit gibt Trost und Kraft zu jeder Zeit. O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, [dein Kleid will mich was lehren.]2
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View original text (without footnotes)1 in some versions, "Wie oft hat mich zur Weihnachtszeit/ ein Baum von dir nicht hocherfreut!
2 Clements: "das will dein Kleid mich lehren."
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz (1780 - 1861) [author's text not yet checked 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):
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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "O Tannenbaum"
- by Jim Clements (b. 1983), "O Tannenbaum" [ SATB chorus a cappella ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-01-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 62
Ō élato, panémorfo
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)  after the German (Deutsch)
Ō élato, panémorfo, póso polý m’ aréseis, Christoýgenna póses forés mas férneis dṓra kai charés, ō élato, panémorfo, póso polý m’ aréseis! Toy élatoy to fórema mīnýmata afī́nei: elpída, pístī, sigoyriá, dýnamī kai parīgoriá, toy élatoy to fórema didágmata mas dínei.
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Greek (Ελληνικά) by Christakis Poumbouris
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz (1780 - 1861)
This text was added to the website: 2015-01-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 41