In the earliest hours of morning I arise

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

In erster Morgenfrühe heb' ich mich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

In erster Morgenfrühe heb' ich mich
und blicke starr und selig auf das Meer.
In erster Morgenfrühe seh' ich dich!
Du wandelst groß und träumend auf dem Meer.
 
Es steigt mein Geist, es schallt hoch eine Glocke,
es fliegt ein wildes Flimmern übers Meer!
Da zeigst du mir zwei morgenrrote Hände.
Und zeigst mir blutige Furchen auf dem Meer.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Die Schöpfung, Nachdruck des Originals von 1921, Paderborn: Salzwasser Verlag, 2015, page 45

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Die Schöpfung, Poem #32, first published 1902 [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 Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "In erster Morgenfrühe", 1907, published 1925 [voice and piano], from Mombert-Lieder, no. 5, rev. 1921 [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 59

In the earliest hours of morning I arise

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the earliest hours of morning I arise
and gaze fixedly and blissfully upon the sea.
In the earliest hours of morning I see you!
Grand and dreaming, you walk upon the sea.
 
My spirit rises, a treble bell tolls,
a wild flickering flies over the sea!
You show me two hands red with the glow of morning.
And show me bloody furrows upon the sea.

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Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Die Schöpfung, Poem #32, first published 1902
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 66