Jenny Lind
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wärst du aus Blumen geboren,
Mit Strahlen des Himmels gesäugt,
Ja, dann begriff’ ich den Zauber,
Den Duft, der den Tönen entsteigt.
Wärst du gewiegt auf den Wellen
Der blauen, unendlichen See,
Ja, dann verstünd’ ich das Schwelgen
In Glück und Entzücken und Weh’.
Und wär’ dir im glühenden Süden
Der Engel des Lebens genaht,
Unter Palmen am heiligen Ganges,
Unter Rosen am rauschenden Phrat.
Ja, dann begriff’ ich den Segen,
Der den göttlichen Lippen entströmt,
Und wie zu dem kindlichsten Herzen
Die Macht des Sieges kömmt.
Die Macht der Tugend und Wahrheit,
Die strahlende Macht der Kunst[,]
Das weithin leuchtende Zeichen
Von Gottes herrlichster Gunst!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Jenny Lind", published 1848 [ voice and piano ], in the musical supplement to Almanach für das kaiserl. königl. Hofoperntheater nächst dem Kärntnerthore auf das Jahr 1848, herausgegeben von Ludwig Bergmann [sung text checked 1 time]
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Jenny Lind
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
If you had been born of flowers,
Suckled with the beams of heaven,
Yes, then I would understand the magic,
The scent that rises from your tones.
If you had been rocked upon the waves
Of the blue, endless ocean,
Yes, then I would understand your luxuriant immersion
In joy and rapture and sorrow.
And if in the glowing south
You had been approached by the angel of life,
Under palm trees at the holy Ganges,
Under roses at the rushing Euphrates,
Yes, then I would comprehend the blessing
That streams from your divine lips,
And how to the most childlike of hearts
The power of victory comes.
The power of virtue and truth,
The shining power of art[,]
The sign, radiating far into the distance,
Of God’s most glorious grace!
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